vicious circle
Example Sentences
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Increased prices for food ingredients and fertilizers are still pushing up costs for traders, farmers and consumers leading to a "vicious circle" fuelling a "cost-of-living crisis", a cheesemonger said.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Extremism is both the starting point and the end point of a vicious circle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
The business squeeze has in turn led many establishments to raise entry charges and drinks prices, setting off a vicious circle where many young people and stalwarts of the scene feel priced out.
From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025
It’s a vicious circle of rats abandoning ship.
From Slate • Jul. 10, 2025
He knew, however, that as soon as he put those scruples aside he would break the vicious circle of the war.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
