downward
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The fall-out means this now looks increasingly like Grealish's 'now or never' moment, because failure at Everton will surely mark a downward spiral from the top echelons of the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
While a death cross can signal that a downward trend is likely to continue, that hasn’t always been the case for Alphabet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026
In a Foreign Policy essay last week, former Estonian president Kersti Kaljulaid defines the central problem in Europe, plausibly but rather too vaguely, as “intergenerational hopelessness” and a downward spiral of economic expectation.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, student performance indicators have drifted downward, as reflected in recent Programme for International Student Assessment evaluations, an Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development measure of students’ abilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The glass vial tumbled downward, and Christopher kicked desperately after it.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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