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spiral

[spahy-ruhl] / ˈspaɪ rəl /




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“As defendant watched Perry spiral into darkness, he could have taken steps at any point to pull Perry back into the light,” prosecutors wrote in their sentencing memo.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Leo has denounced the race for AI in the military field, saying that "delegating decisions concerning the life and death of human beings to machines" is a "destructive spiral".

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

With limited staff and few social workers educating the public, the outbreak is threatening to spiral into a security emergency.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

Scientists have long struggled to unite the two because the equations often spiral into mathematical infinities when gravity is included at quantum scales.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

She would have just finished pulling together the proposal, poking the holes on the left-hand side of the pages, and binding the paper with a black plastic spiral.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen




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