vicious cycle
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When accompanied by a vicious cycle of falling prices and falling demand, that turns into a process known as deflation.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Until the final sections, we are trapped in the vicious cycle of the poet’s anguish and anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
While the risk of individuals being wrongly targeted is real, ICE’s continued anonymity causes a vicious cycle.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2026
Mann was insistent, however, on breaking that vicious cycle.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
When and how would this vicious cycle end?
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
