spiral
noun
a plane curve generated by a point moving around a fixed point while constantly receding from or approaching it.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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Enter The Affair: on Sunday night at 10 p.m., there will be spiraling.
From Time ● Dec. 21, 2014