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spiraling

[spahy-ruhl-ing] / ˈspaɪ rəl ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
bending
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It’s even visible looking at this year’s team that’s currently spiraling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 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

The United Nations, now with a fixed escalator, kicks off its General Assembly, with all attention on the spiraling war in the Middle East.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

"Phobos' orbit is dynamically very special; it is very close to Mars, slowly spiraling inward, and will eventually be disrupted or impact Mars," says Haser.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The hovering mass—my former spiraling line of eager patrons—gasped.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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