Spiralling

Council Chambers on Tuesday to discuss what he called the spiralling violence in the area. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Amid mounting concern, Amnesty International has urged Bahrain's allies to press for an end to what it calls a spiralling human rights crisis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The only thing spiralling is the water as we flush your silly nonsense criticisms down the proverbial toilet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The nature of this downward spiralling is to cause the orbit to become first nearly circular. ❋ Unknown (1958)

As he recalls the spiralling costs he yearns for the simplicity of shoestring nuptials. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Chancellor Alistair Darling today told families to tighten their belts and accept lower pay or risk inflation 'spiralling' to the levels of the 1970s. ❋ FIDO The Dog (2008)

SASI, a non-profit organisation launched four years ago to tackle the dire savings levels and "spiralling" household debt, also warned that 14 percent was not good enough. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union expressed concern about "spiralling" killings of warders and urged the department to beef up security. ❋ Unknown (2004)

O'BRIEN: So you say his career was kind of spiralling downward anyway. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Cosatu's campaign on behalf of the working class would be aimed against capitalists because they were the ones cashing in on matters such as spiralling food prices. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Nthai said safety and security departments, in conjunction with the National Intelligence Agency, Military Intelligence and the public, would put an end to syndicates '"spiralling" activities. ❋ Unknown (1997)

In a term borrowed from the book itself, Jonathan Culler reads this turn-about as a "spiralling" backwards rather than a regression. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The figures seem to show spending hasn't actually changed much as a percentage of GDP, so is it right to say it's "spiralling"? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Committee chairman Keith Vaz noted the "spiralling" rates of knife crime amongst young people. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"spiralling" and needed to be countered, while David Clark of the Society of Local Authoriy Chief Executives said his members carried out "big complex jobs requiring people of real talent". ❋ Unknown (2009)

India's largest software exporter by sales, however, said it is closely watching the two major outsourcing markets -- the U.S. and Europe -- which are grappling with an economic slowdown and a spiralling debt crisis. ❋ Kenan Machado (2011)

The Bangalore-based company's increased business confidence in Europe comes at a time when the continent is battling a spiralling debt crisis, high unemployment and slowing economic growth across most countries. ❋ Dhanya Ann Thoppil (2011)

The explosions came a day after an Arab League advance mission arrived in the country under a plan to resolve Syria's spiralling crisis. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Investors, already on the edge amid Europe's spiralling debt crisis, were discouraged by downbeat comments on the world economy from Chinese Premier Wen on Wednesday. ❋ Wei-Zhe Tan (2011)

"Hey, how's your day going?" "Terrible. I've got three [exams], two [papers], and I can't find my keys. I'm [spiraling], man." "Hey, are you coming to the meeting tonight?" "[Spiraling]." "Oh, ok, feel better." ❋ EmbryH (2012)

Michael Vick's passes never were known for their [spiralicity], but ever since he got convicted of that dog fighting [hog mount] I think his passes are even uglier. In a way it doesn't matter because after that I quit watching him play, [DTLOI]. ❋ We Know It Really Is Broken (2013)

I've been on a huge [Donatella Versace] [spiral] [lately]... ❋ Hermitcrab93 (2018)

'History never repeats itself, for arguments and thoughts move not in circles, but in spirals.' - Paraphrase of Socrates, Greek philosopher, on [Dialectics] "And following our will and whim, we may just go where no one's been. We'll ride the Spiral to the end; and may just go where no one's been." - Excerpt from [Lateralus], by Tool "I feel rain pouring down. I wait to rot away; live again. Here, forever, the Spiral never ends." - Excerpt from The Spiral, by Godsmack "Twenty years ago, at a [Rainbow Gathering], on my last acid trip, I saw The Spiral. I realized that death is an illusion and that we're all active agents in God's eternal process of creation. Nothing has troubled me since." - Some 50 year old Christian fanatic I met in jail (See also irony and O rly) ❋ Novel Zephyr (2009)

He needs to [stay] away from that girl, [seeing] her with her new boyfriend really makes him [spiral]. ❋ With Marshall (2011)

Person 1: I just saw the film "Spiral." Person 2: What is that? Person 1: It's a Saw film that has [Chris Rock] as the main character. Person 2: What?!? Person 1: And... [Samuel L. Jackson] plays his dad. Person 2: Wait... this can't [be real]. A Saw film with those two? Looks it up Wow. ❋ Darkness Prime (2023)

[This town] is contaminated by [the spiral]. ❋ Insomiq (2021)

“We are going to [spiral] [tonight].” “[Spiral] [Squad]!” ❋ Nmc1185774 (2018)

Alex: "Damn... he's in The Spiral." George: "Yea, he [won't be] [coming out] [anytime] soon." ❋ Joe7030 (2018)

That girl [pissed] me off today I [almost] [spiraled]. ❋ Redhat456 (2016)