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tailspin
noun as in descent
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Shockingly, it was not the mass gay-and-straight wedding that sent some of his peers into a tailspin that bothered Beck.
So there we have it: another lewd, dull-witted performance has sent America into a tailspin of indignation.
Then a white supremacist started talking segregation and everything went into a tailspin.
Russia-U.S. relations were in a tailspin when Obama entered office.
Today, it is widely assumed that a default in Greece will send the world into a financial and then economic tailspin.
As she stepped inside this gigantic barrel her mind went into a tailspin.
Yes, he had all but gone into a tailspin, and that with his motor thundering at its best.
Instantly the heavy plane went into a tailspin and plunged earthward.
She side-slipped, her nose dipped down, an she went into a tailspin.
A warning from the observation towersomebody was in tailspin.
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On this page you'll find 48 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tailspin, such as: plunge, slide, coast, crash, declension, and declination.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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