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The surge in bond yields to generational highs has investors around the world watching and worrying about what could crack, spiral or leave a trail of carnage in its path.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Magnetic moments spiral around a central line extending through the fossil, producing a structure that resembles a tornado-shaped vortex.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Manchester City's legal fight with the Premier League has the potential to "spiral out of control", a former top club executive has warned.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

"It is urgent to take the next steps in the recovery process to keep people healthy and avoid a spiral into poverty."

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Glory flipped open a notepad with a metal spiral.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

The chronological installation begins with Evans’s first two pen-and-ink drawings from about 1935: abstract radiating eyes, spirals, zigzags and squiggles—feverish doodles resembling ancient pictographic narratives set down in a trance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Instead of running in a straight line, the waveguides are arranged in spirals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Roll it out cinnamon-roll style, spread with cream cheese, Parmesan, herbs and hot giardiniera, then coil, slice and nestle the spirals together in a buttered skillet.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Abruptly, the quiet is shattered by the percussive racket of the helicopter, which spirals down from the clouds and lands in a patch of fireweed.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

After that, he said, his mental health spiraled.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Material pulled from the star formed a disk around the black hole and became intensely hot as it spiraled inward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Sparks easily could have spiraled following Monday’s disaster in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

A similar reactor project in South Carolina was abandoned in 2017 after costs spiraled past $9 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026

The ensuing conflict spiraled out to involve the entire center of the Maya realm.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Amy Hunter top-scored with 39 but no Irish batter was able to score at a strike-rate above 100 and the run-rate spiralled beyond their grasp, as Mady Villiers and Lauren Filer took three wickets apiece.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

The campaigns come one year after protests over lavish perks for lawmakers spiralled into general anti-government anger -- Indonesia's biggest unrest since President Prabowo Subianto took office in 2024.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

"He has been climbing for over 50 years, he started as a kid during summer camp and it just spiralled from there," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

"The behaviour spiralled slowly out of control from there," she adds.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

Leo was lashed to the control console, desperately trying to right the ship as they spiralled downward in free fall.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The writing grows spiraling and obsessive as it develops each possibility.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

In satellite images nor'easters can look strikingly like a hurricane, with spiraling clouds forming over the ocean that span hundreds of miles of coastline.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But on that day, the Wolverines’ punter could almost be forgiven for fumbling a long snap that came spiraling toward him in frigid autumn conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Its orbit is extremely close to Mars, and the moon is gradually spiraling inward.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Dallas and Sairy had reached a summit and could see a narrow path spiraling steeply downward toward a stream.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Chancellor John Healey said he was "very conscious" of people being hit by spiralling fuel prices caused by international factors.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

What leverage does Canada, which sells about 70% of its goods to the US, actually have in this spiralling trade dispute with its southern neighbour, who also happens to be the world's largest economy?

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

But the combined weight of the Covid pandemic, China's spiralling property slump and constricted borrowing limits for its citizens have sunk those sky-high ambitions, and all but ground the project to a standstill.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Fawad Razaqzada, a market analyst at Forex.com, said: "One can easily imagine the situation spiralling quite rapidly."

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

Frightful spreads her tapered wings and catches a rising thermal of spiralling air.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George