It can be a never ending downward spiral. 

Even though a contractor has a good reputation one mistake when bidding a job can cause the contractor to lose more money than he can afford to lose causing his business to spiral out of control and crash down like a set of dominoes and all this is happening when he is working on your job.

Not only because prices have been so inflated but because it will slow the entire economy which could trigger a downward spiral. 

Interesting that people on here who propose to help each other got into a spiral.

If you’re  new to this things can spiral fast with what the project sounds like. 2.

Then they did the downward spiral with addiction and gambling and didn't pay rent. 

I believe those 16 council members are trying to do the right thing, they are just creating negative consequences that will further spiral the city.

The stairs have a narrow tread and a slight spiral in the beginning.

The spiral balance was busted and mold was forming in between the glass.

Evictions are a necessary intervention to snap a tenant out of their downward spiral.