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Analysts worry the steady ratcheting higher could set off an escalatory spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

The spiral is accelerated by crowded trades and herding behavior, such as exchange-traded funds and quantitative trend-following models.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026

By making a relatively small-time conspiracy into a grand cinematic affair, De Palma illustrates just how easily a single evil idea can spiral into catastrophe in seconds.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

Another image offers a fresh view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4736, better known as Messier 94.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026

I watched this alternative history spiral out in flashes and blips and bit my lip.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

Researchers have uncovered a surprising side effect of artificial lighting: ordinary streetlights can lure thousands of tiny land dwelling isopods into giant synchronized "death spirals."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

When Bear begins to pull away from the intense devotion he engineered, Nikki’s behavior spirals out of control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 4, 2026

They say they are working urgently in case the outbreak spirals and their experimental vaccine is needed.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

“The colors appear in geometric shapes like spirals or balls or zigzags, that sort of thing. Or sometimes just a hazy patch of colored air.”

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass

Commentators draw parallels with other intractable conflicts, and count the taxpayer money they say has spiraled down the drain.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

But where other artists might have spiraled, White and his compatriots transcended, turning inward while also looking to the stars.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Fernando Guerra, a political science professor at Loyola Marymount University, said Pratt seems to have tapped into a deep well of discontent among Angelenos who believe that crime and homeless have spiraled out of control.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2026

More than a million people are out of work, food prices have soared and the national currency has spiraled to record lows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

The winged centipede spiraled out the door above the other scrambling creatures.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Burns said in the beginning UWP was legitimate, but Long's actions spiralled out of control due to poor business management and he began using his client's money to keep the company afloat.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

But over the years it borrowed heavily and its total debt has spiralled beyond £20bn.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

The conflict has since spiralled into Europe's deadliest since World War II.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Talks on ending what has spiralled into Europe's worst conflict since World War II have shown little progress and have been sidelined by the Iran conflict.

From Barron's ● May 7, 2026

Then their sire launched himself upward and spiralled into the night.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

The 2026 Commonwealth Games were thrown into doubt when its original hosts, the Australian state of Victoria, pulled out in 2023 citing spiraling costs.

From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026

Get some clarity on a wild Supreme Court term: Sometimes the best way to stop spiraling about the news is to debrief with smart friends.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2026

His beloved Knicks winning the championship, he said, kept him from spiraling over the book.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

Apple said Thursday it was raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiraling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

He feels himself spiraling down into madness from the worry, the guilt, the responsibility.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman

President Volodymyr Zelensky will skip this year's Ukraine Recovery Conference hosted in Poland, Kyiv announced Tuesday, amid a spiralling diplomatic spat between the allies and neighbours over World War II memory.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

The Middle East crisis brought spiking inflation and the risk of spiralling conflict close to home for Pakistan.

From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026

In a decade's time, Fynn predicts that spiralling player wages would further impact match-going fans.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

Savanthi Syth, airlines analyst at the investment bank Raymond James, said spiralling jet fuel costs in the wake of the Iran war had proved "the final nail in the coffin" for Spirit.

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

I could feel a tremble in my stomach, spiralling outwards through my body.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler