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And if people prefer a congenial bot over messy human relationships, they can lose social skills, become isolated, or even spiral.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

And his arm is pretty good — like, throwing a spiral 67 yards good.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

The latest spiral of escalation has brought the civilian death toll in Ukraine to the highest since the war's first months in 2022, according to the United Nations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

She said the significant stress made her worry about her unborn child and caused her to "spiral" on some occasions.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

He wasn’t going to re-dig the entire traditional spiral design again!

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

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

Emotions explode as secrets are laid bare - and in a dramatic rollercoaster, the plot spirals back over five years to explain their relationships and toxic family dynamics.

From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026

I spent a good share of my shifts throwing tight spirals to kids in the produce section.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026

“School is too all over the place. It spirals out into a million different things.”

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini

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

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

Her thoughts spiraled: “Is he short circuiting? I thought…Is this a stroke?…Has he been drugged?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026

All kinds of girls zipped around like honeybees, some plopping into cozy armchairs, others perched on the spiraled staircases, and a few clustered around the worktables.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Rohit's dismissal in the 38th over, bowled round his legs by Bethell, was the decisive moment in the match, leaving Virat Kohli to attempt to take India to victory as the required run-rate spiralled.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

"The behaviour spiralled slowly out of control from there," she adds.

From BBC ● May 27, 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 conflict has since spiralled into Europe's deadliest since World War II.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

They emerged and flew about in the way of flies, in great, lazy orbits except when they came close to each other, when they spiralled together with dizzying speed and a burst of buzzing.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel

Managing to survive two wars, a decapitated leadership, gutted air and naval defenses, weakened proxies and a spiraling economy have allowed it to play a weak hand strongly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

That assessment can send the mind spiraling, and anxiety increases.

From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026

“I just thought that episode was really funny and special and weird. Coop and Mel are both spiraling in their own way. They’re kind of parallel spiraling.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

The iPhone maker in June raised prices for its Mac computers and iPad tablets, citing spiraling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence, though it spared the iPhone.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

I walk along the path, and growing up in front of me is the cathedral, spiraling towers reaching high for the sky.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender

But the combined weight of the Covid pandemic, China's spiralling property slump and constricted borrowing limits for its citizens have sunk those sky-high ambitions, and all but ground the project to a standstill.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Scottish Conservative MP Andrew Bowie said "plummeting teacher numbers and spiralling levels of school violence" had made it a difficult year for pupils.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Vance discussed a so-called "de-confliction mechanism" for Lebanon on Monday to prevent spiralling Israel-Hezbollah violence.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

England are in a dire position against New Zealand after spiralling from a chaotic morning on day two of the second Test at The Oval.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026

Frightful spreads her tapered wings and catches a rising thermal of spiralling air.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George