spiraled

verb

variants or spiralled
past tense of spiral
as in curled
to follow a circular or spiral course a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit

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Recent Examples of spiraled On one side, legions of determined teenagers protesting for their future by blockading schools and taking part in marches that have sometimes spiraled into violence. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 Emotions ran high at a Miami-Dade LA Fitness gym Wednesday, then turned violent when an argument over weights spiraled into a man being beaten with a dumbbell and chased around the facility, deputies say. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Now, that cost has spiraled to about $33, according to [Gulf Oil's Tom] Kloza. — Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026 When citizens rioted in 1918 because the prices of essential commodities such as rice had spiralled out of control, gangsters were hired to crack down on the protesters. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 The movement spiraled from a demonstration late last month in support of striking teachers at a school in the Paris suburb of Creteil. — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 His comeback album, Bully, was released in March after several years in which the rap superstar and tabloid regular’s life spiraled into chaos. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Negotiations between the company and the Pentagon spiraled in February after the two sides failed to agree on how the military could use its models. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2026 The curls, which spiraled around her, were arguably louder than the print she was clad in. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiraled
  1. curled
  2. coiled
  3. curved
Verb
  • Both are curled in chairs in an otherwise empty room in an upscale Hyde Park Corner hotel, modestly dressed in jeans, sneakers and casual tops.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The fake blooms lined the sweeping curves that curled across the arena floor.
    — Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of curled
Verb
  • Even after this week's Houthi attack on a Saudi Aramco facility, WTI is coiled in a tight triangle between falling resistance in the low 100s and rising support near 90.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The song stays coiled, neither tightening its grip nor exploding into noise.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of coiled
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  • The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s central plaza, which spreads out beneath the building’s curved, hovering form, was always meant to be a generous civic space.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The signature curved heel from the designer’s Larroudé past collections returns, but this time also in a kitten heel iteration.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of curved

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“Spiraled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spiraled. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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