as in breakdown
a mental or nervous collapse
the pressures of his job nearly caused him to go into a tailspin
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Recent Examples of tailspin
Now, years into my career, most things that once caused a tailspin no longer do.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Then the legal challenges, which include two multi-state lawsuits, sent the plan into a tailspin for borrowers and loan servicers alike.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
In a series of Instagram posts over the weekend, Handler revealed the exchange with Fuld, which occurred just before Lehman’s fall sent the global economy into a tailspin.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
Two months later, Tingo filed to voluntarily delist from the Nasdaq with its shares in a tailspin.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Then the legal challenges, which include two multi-state lawsuits, sent the plan into a tailspin for borrowers and loan servicers alike.
—Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
In a series of Instagram posts over the weekend, Handler revealed the exchange with Fuld, which occurred just before Lehman’s fall sent the global economy into a tailspin.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
Two months later, Tingo filed to voluntarily delist from the Nasdaq with its shares in a tailspin.
—Lucinda Shen, Axios, 3 Sep. 2024
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“Tailspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailspin. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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