spiraling

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The cost of food, gas and housing is spiraling.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

While central banks sometimes see pronounced increases in energy costs as temporary, they can grow more concerned if price pressures spread to more persistent forms of second-round inflation via, for instance, spiraling wage costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It sent her spiraling, but then something remarkable happened.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The group worked up a policy to try to address a homelessness crisis that seemed to be spiraling out of control in Albuquerque, but also in cities all over the country.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

They slipped through the doorway behind them and down a tightly spiraling stone staircase.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling