spiral

Caicedo uses his heroine’s downward spiral as a vehicle for his relentlessly urban portrait of Cali and his generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Once they start to question that belief, things can spiral very quickly.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026

But eye-watering interest rates soon land them in a debt spiral.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

The site also preserved Eoandromeda, a possible comb jelly with eight arms arranged in a spiral.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026

It looked like a giant sausage link, but when Robin cut a long section from the wall, making a window into the valve, I could see a spiral structure inside, like a staircase.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

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

Rose works for an environmental nonprofit that has gone remote because it’s the pandemic; she often spirals at the state of the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Over time, the disk spirals inward, causing the wobble to speed up.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

It slowly spirals toward zero like water down a drain.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

Darren’s dad taught me all sorts of useful stuff, like the right way to hold the football and how to throw it so it spiraled just right.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

When Dean's debts spiralled to unmanageable levels, it was not one single event that had fuelled the crisis, but an accumulation.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The conflict has since spiralled into Europe's deadliest since World War II.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Talks on ending what has spiralled into Europe's worst conflict since World War II have shown little progress and have been sidelined by the Iran conflict.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Last year it was revealed LIV's net losses in its international markets outside the US had spiralled to $461.8m in 2024, meaning it had lost more than $1.1bn since it was established in 2021.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

Orion’s mechanical pupils spiralled into tiny, glowing points.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

Across the UK, council chiefs said budgets were being severely stretched by the spiraling cost of providing care, homelessness services and supporting looked after children as well as providing home to school transport.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Managing to survive two wars, a decapitated leadership, gutted air and naval defenses, weakened proxies and a spiraling economy have allowed it to play a weak hand strongly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

Alice demands to know whether Rebecca considered any women for the head coaching job, sending Rebecca spiraling to prove she is, in fact, a feminist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

He counsels letter writers on how to handle a cheating brother, discuss religion with a devout friend, and avoid spiraling over the fear of being single forever.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Partially hidden in a valley on the outskirts of the Golden Crescent, near the intimidating mountain cliffs of what Chestnutt called Isihlangu, it was surrounded by seven spiraling towers made of ivory and gold.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

These include women's rights, unpredictable Taliban edicts, international sanctions and aid cuts during a spiralling humanitarian crisis.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 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

Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie said "plummeting teacher numbers and spiralling levels of school violence" had made it a difficult year for pupils.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Marcos made the suggestion in a wide-ranging State of the Nation speech that placed spiralling energy costs and inflation, driven by the war in the Middle East, centre-stage.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

I could feel a tremble in my stomach, spiralling outwards through my body.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler