tailspin
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Previous oil-price surges have sent automobile markets into tailspins: Sales dropped 44.7 percent the year after the 1973 oil shock and more than 40 percent after the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
Such downturns have often sent oil and natural gas prices into rapid tailspins that raised companies’ debt and lowered share prices.
From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2022
In this case, that subject matter is the aftermath of profound loss, which sends Martha and Sean into tailspins whose centrifugal force sends them further apart.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2021
And please don’t ask me to comment on how Robert Allan Ackerman’s dithering direction compounds the slow-motion tailspins of this two-hour, 45-minute play.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2017
Her self-esteem was brittle, and it was during her time in France that a cycle of occasional tailspins into acute anxiety or depression had started.
From The Guardian • Feb. 2, 2016
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