spiral

Example Sentences

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That’s what economists refer to as a debt spiral.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

"I wanted the repetition to mirror those cyclical thoughts - a spiral or a fixation on one specific feeling," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

The Fed chair downplayed worries that private-credit defaults would spiral into another financial crisis like 2008.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

A single definition sends her into a spiral over such terms as “average coral” and “sea pink,” while elsewhere imaginative riffs and historical detours pull the reader well beyond the book’s central thread.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

A spiral stairway wound around the exterior, mounting to the summit where an inner sanctuary contained an elaborately adorned couch and gold table.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell