Example Sentences

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His all-Oxford intellectual formation comes out of the post-“Great Financial Crisis” macro-finance school that views financial crises as driven by leverage cycles, liquidity spirals and risk-taking channels as much as by the traditional business cycle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Whether this outbreak can be quickly contained or spirals into a repeat of what happened just over a decade ago will be determined by the response now.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

The risk is that a conflict drags on or spirals into something the U.S. didn’t bargain for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

In Barnes' simulation, the pair gradually spirals inward.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

In the spirals of light she saw him trip.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee