spiraling

Example Sentences

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In reality, most of us are trying to answer the same question everyone else is: How do you feed yourself well without financially spiraling in the produce aisle?

From Salon • May 22, 2026

Both Social Security and Medicare are a hedge against longevity, market volatility, disability, and spiraling healthcare costs.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

Georgieva said that -- even in the fund's "most hopeful scenario" -- spiraling energy costs, infrastructure damage, supply disruptions and a loss of market confidence meant growth would be less than expected.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

It sent her spiraling, but then something remarkable happened.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

He could see it in the far corner of the tank, its dreadful tentacles with their hundreds of stinging cells, twisting and spiraling in the water.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz