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NGC 1672 and NGC 1385 are barred spiral galaxies, meaning they contain elongated central structures made of stars, gas, and dust.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dieffenbach was throwing deep passes with perfect spiral in front of Croick, who lacked a starting quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

As workloads mount and job security ebbs, people are struggling to tame the pre-Monday dread spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Once the public has stopped trusting you, it's kind of a downward spiral," says associate professor Alison Taylor of New York University's Stern School of Business.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Matthias kicked the sheets from him as he leaped up and dashed headlong from the bedroom, along the dormitory corridor and helter skelter down the spiral staircase.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

“School is too all over the place. It spirals out into a million different things.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

He spiraled upward and sped into a cluster gathered on the extended arm of an ancient oak tree, shouting all the while.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill

He had "spiralled into depression" after losing his job as a batting coach in 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

"I needed therapy because my mental health had spiralled way out of control... but I never understood why," said Mellissa.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

However, their hopes of signing first choice Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest ended when the England man's transfer fee spiralled up to £116m, a figure United were unwilling to match.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

They spiralled towards Ogygia, the warm wind in Leo’s hair.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

And now a global energy mess is spiraling and ensnaring more countries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Their stock prices have been plunging for months, as the war in Iran has sent inflation and mortgage rates spiraling upward.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 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

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Remember, when you feel like things are spiraling out of control, breathe in, hold for five seconds, and then out.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

But the law has not stopped the spiralling prices and popular discontent.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

BBC's Jessica Murphy explains how Canada has more leverage than it may seem in the spiralling dispute.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The phenomenon happens when fluids - in this case hot gases - slide past each other and cause small disturbances to grow into spiralling vortices.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Hospitality veteran Clemens Keller insists that Vienna's storied "heuriger" winemakers' taverns -- which face a hangover-inducing brew of real estate speculation, spiralling costs and climate change -- cannot rely on their illustrious past.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Three paper aeroplanes were already spiralling upward in the breeze, heading to gods knew where.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan