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But the takeover accelerated the center’s downward spiral in ticket sales and fundraising.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Those patterns, according to the model, would help neighboring DNA molecules align with one another much like two interlocking spiral staircases.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

He’s worried self-improving AI could spiral out of control and destroy humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

And with fears growing prices will spiral even higher, the central bank is set to hike its benchmark rate for the second time this year when it meets Thursday.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

As voices were raised and emotions became heated, the argument began to spiral out of control.

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Other countries have fallen victim to debt spirals, where high levels of debt lead investors to demand higher interest rates, in turn fueling more borrowing until eventually a country defaults.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Instead of running in a straight line, the waveguides are arranged in spirals.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

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

Rose works for an environmental nonprofit that has gone remote because it’s the pandemic; she often spirals at the state of the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The Lord flew effortlessly, twisting his body in curls and spirals the way a skilled dancer can take a twenty-foot ribbon and make it form graceful designs behind her.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep

After that, he said, his mental health spiraled.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

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

The Sparks easily could have spiraled following Monday’s disaster in Seattle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

The initiative could prove popular in a state where the cost of owning a home has spiraled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

He loaded them into a crate and onto a handcart and trundled them out of the library, through the front gates, and down the long road that spiraled around Zosimos Ridge.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

It will mark Sheeran's first time back on stage since the controversy spiralled.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

But over the years it borrowed heavily and its total debt has spiralled beyond £20bn.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

"He has been climbing for over 50 years, he started as a kid during summer camp and it just spiralled from there," she said.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

The conflict has since spiralled into Europe's deadliest since World War II.

From Barron's ● May 25, 2026

Jason and Piper spiralled upward on the wind.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

“They aren’t hiking because inflation is spiraling higher or inflation expectations are becoming un-anchored,” she said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

We are in a spiraling race with no endpoint that is spawning a possibly even greater threat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The most widely accepted astrophysical explanation for this background is a population of supermassive black hole binaries gradually spiraling inward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Across the UK, council chiefs said budgets were being severely stretched by the spiraling cost of providing care, homelessness services and supporting looked after children as well as providing home to school transport.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

We were led through a small wooden door, then up a narrow spiraling staircase whose stone steps seemed numberless.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

Ghana turned to the IMF amid spiralling debt, soaring inflation and a plunging currency, and subsequently secured a $3 billion programme in 2023.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

These include women's rights, unpredictable Taliban edicts, international sanctions and aid cuts during a spiralling humanitarian crisis.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

It is among a host of tech firms to have told consumers that spiralling component costs mean they must charge more, with rival Sony hiking PlayStation 5 prices by £90 in March.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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

Together they performed the peregrine courtship dance, swooping low, zooming high, then spiralling earthward.

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