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spiraling

ADJECTIVE
bending
Synonyms
STRONG
arching bowing curving twining twisting veering warping winding
Antonyms
WEAK
straight unbent unbowed
ADJECTIVE
meandrous
Synonyms
WEAK
ambiguous anfractuous circuitous convoluted crooked curving devious flexuous gyrating indirect intricate involved labyrinthine mazy meandering roundabout serpentine sinuous snaky tortuous twisting wriggly zigzag
ADJECTIVE
rising
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ascending climbing growing increasing soaring surging
STRONG
advancing emerging mounting skyrocketing
WEAK
going up upsurging
ADJECTIVE
winding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bending curving meandering serpentine sinuous snaking tortuous turning twisting twisty windy zigzag
STRONG
circuitous convoluted labyrinthine roundabout
WEAK
anfractuous flexuous indirect mazy snaky
Antonyms
STRONGEST
direct simple straight straightforward untwisted
WEAK
unbent

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Institutional consolidation and retreat, spiraling costs, technological upheaval — they all add to a creeping sense that an era is over, and worse is coming.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

The cost of food, gas and housing is spiraling.

From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026

Gavalas is the latest example of an AI-chatbot user spiraling into a delusional state, with tragic consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

It not only kept electrons from spiraling catastrophically into the nucleus; it also explained hydrogen’s bewildering wavelengths.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson