spiral down

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spiral down

to descend in a spiral path. The ancient trail spiraled down the mountain peak. A path spiraled down and at the bottom was a small refreshment stand.

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They'd seen me from the plane - the friends who were parachuting above me had watched me spiral down beneath them.

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We were beginning to spiral down that long dreadful path to the end of a marriage.

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Otherwise, you could spiral down and damage your marriage beyond repair and end up losing both women, which would be a tragedy.

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Witnesses spotted a flap blow off so there was no control of the plane, and it was seen to spiral down.