as in breakdowns
a mental or nervous collapse
the pressures of his job nearly caused him to go into a tailspin
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The Leafs had far too many defensive breakdowns in the first, and ran into penalty trouble in the second, but the game was still tied at 1-1 heading into the third.—
Kevin Papetti,
The Athletic,
2 Jan. 2025 -
The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Tailspins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tailspins. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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