tailspin
Example Sentences
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After Seymour went into a tailspin, chatting things through with Claudius, the CEO accepted the board coup.
Should he become part of the Colts’ active roster as they try to break out of a tailspin that threatens to cost them a playoff spot, the clock on Rivers’s candidacy would completely reset.
And they now have control of the AFC South—thanks to some help from the Colts’ recent tailspin.
Entrepreneurs face many challenges and make a lot of common missteps that can send a company into a tailspin, experts say.
After Maduro took office in 2013, falling oil production and civil unrest sent the economy into a tailspin—raising questions in some friendly capitals over whether loans were being wasted on Caracas.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.