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A loss to a relegation rival, a red card and an own goal ticked all the boxes of a team that is sitting bottom of the Premier League and in a dangerous spiral.

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Well, if you've looked at the numbers, it’s clear that our transportation budget spiraled out of control.

The Drone was reporting that gusty winds had sent it spiraling into the neighbor’s bean field.

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Their observations reveal that these early galaxies were far more disorderly and turbulent than the graceful spirals we see across the cosmos today.

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“You look at the three games that we lost, it spiraled on us with guys on base,” Roberts said.

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