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- noun Plural form of
tailspin .
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Examples
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As a former Pan Am flight attendant for 20 years, I experienced both the days of glory and the frightening tailspins that Pan Am experienced over that time.
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It has sent political leaders like Nancy Pelosi into disgraceful tailspins of accusation against American security agencies.
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Then I chose to let the constant fear of the depression returning send me into needless tailspins.
Jenni Schaefer: It's Okay to be Happy (Some Thoughts and a Song!) 2009
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It has sent political leaders like Nancy Pelosi into disgraceful tailspins of accusation against American security agencies.
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The multilateral institution's economic prescriptions have sent numerous nations into tailspins, particularly in Asia.
China and the Dollar 2009
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We lived happily in a perfect bubble of nonconformity, creativity, and unmistakable honesty and good cheer in spite of the tailspins that we often went through.
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The area's other big players are starting to resemble Taiwan and Korea, where the economies have been sent into tailspins by excessive reliance on exports.
Thai GDP Decline 2009
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Chopping 1.75% -- an average of $70,000 per school, but for some schools as much as $447,587 -- with no notice has sent principals into desperate, furious tailspins.
Dan Brown: School-Level Cuts Hit New York City; Why, Bloomberg, Why??? 2008
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Sixty-nine mothers and fathers and who knows how many spouses, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, cousins, and friends have been meaninglessly and unnecessarily sent into tailspins of grief and emptiness since that meeting.
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The animated Clone Wars tailspins to seventh place -- and a $21 million total -- as House Bunny, lacklustre reviews trailing behind its fluffy tale, pushes holdovers down a notch.
Archive 2008-08-01 Steve Hulett 2008
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