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And because perpetual futures allow leverage, skeptics warn they can intensify a downward spiral during periods of market stress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

And with fears growing prices will spiral even higher, the central bank is set to hike its benchmark rate for the second time this year when it meets Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Their intent will be to respond to these attacks in a proportionate manner in order not to spiral a larger conflict.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A desire to reveal something just beneath the visible surface is manifest throughout, from the chiaroscuro studies of marble elevator banks to empty stairwells that spiral out of sight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

But drawing that spiral drew Newton into more correspondence on ‘Philosophy’ whether he liked it or not.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Roll it out cinnamon-roll style, spread with cream cheese, Parmesan, herbs and hot giardiniera, then coil, slice and nestle the spirals together in a buttered skillet.

From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026

Rose works for an environmental nonprofit that has gone remote because it’s the pandemic; she often spirals at the state of the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

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

“Yes,” I replied, and looked at the tiny spirals of dirt rolling along the stained blade of the knife.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

Material pulled from the star formed a disk around the black hole and became intensely hot as it spiraled inward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026

The Sparks easily could have spiraled following Monday’s disaster in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026

At last year’s staging of “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Paul Mescal, theatergoers were positively tickled as Blanche DuBois spiraled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Thanks to social media, it was a prank that spiraled out of control.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

The campaigns come one year after protests over lavish perks for lawmakers spiralled into general anti-government anger -- Indonesia's biggest unrest since President Prabowo Subianto took office in 2024.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Sourcing some additional fans might feel like a relatively minor cost overall, but for those hosting, catering and supplying weddings, the financial impact of coping with this summer's heatwaves have spiralled.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

When Dean's debts spiralled to unmanageable levels, it was not one single event that had fuelled the crisis, but an accumulation.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

The stairs spiralled downward about sixty feet before opening into a chamber as large as Bunker Nine - which is to say, ginormous.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“They aren’t hiking because inflation is spiraling higher or inflation expectations are becoming un-anchored,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

This week, Good Good found itself at the center of a spiraling controversy after releasing a video in partnership with the equipment giant Callaway that its creators admit went horribly awry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026

The other involves gravitational waves generated billions of years later by pairs of supermassive black holes spiraling toward one another.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Across the UK, council chiefs said budgets were being severely stretched by the spiraling cost of providing care, homelessness services and supporting looked after children as well as providing home to school transport.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

“Up until then, we were spiraling further down...Now we were dangling there. We weren’t falling anymore.”

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

BBC's Jessica Murphy explains how Canada has more leverage than it may seem in the spiralling dispute.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

What leverage does Canada, which sells about 70% of its goods to the US, actually have in this spiralling trade dispute with its southern neighbour, who also happens to be the world's largest economy?

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

These include women's rights, unpredictable Taliban edicts, international sanctions and aid cuts during a spiralling humanitarian crisis.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Marcos made the suggestion in a wide-ranging State of the Nation speech that placed spiralling energy costs and inflation, driven by the war in the Middle East, centre-stage.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Three paper aeroplanes were already spiralling upward in the breeze, heading to gods knew where.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan