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spiralling en · NOUN
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Movement in a spiral.
c. 1949-1950, Theodore Roethke, In the Bush of her Bones
Dear witch, dear devious dove, I halfway know / The meaning of these giddy spirallings.
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spiralling en · VERB
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(UK, form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of spiral
Speaking to Parliament on March 23, Sunak announced a temporary cut in fuel duty of 5p per litre to hard-pressed motorists who have faced spiralling prices for diesel and petrol in recent weeks.
2022 April 6, “Network News: Spring Statement: Sunak accused of making rail less competitive”, in RAIL, number 954, page 8: