tailspin
noun
tail·spin
ˈtāl-ˌspin 
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: a mental or emotional letdown or collapse
3
: a sustained and usually severe decline or downturn
stock prices in a tailspin
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Stock prices are in a tailspin.
The team went into a tailspin and lost six straight games.
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Meanwhile, after years of out-of-control borrowing and high interest rates, national debt was ballooning, and the economy went into a tailspin.
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Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The losing Anderson, meanwhile, went into a tailspin the next season, making just 19 of 30 field goals with his 63.3% a career low.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
This sent the tribal council into a tailspin as the remaining players scrambled on who to vote out.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
Days later, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, sending the already-faltering economy into a tailspin.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Justice Baidoo, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
The losing Anderson, meanwhile, went into a tailspin the next season, making just 19 of 30 field goals with his 63.3% a career low.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
This sent the tribal council into a tailspin as the remaining players scrambled on who to vote out.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2024
Days later, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, sending the already-faltering economy into a tailspin.
—Dan Alexander, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Tailspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailspin. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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tailspin
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tail·spin
ˈtā(ə)l-ˌspin
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