death spiral

noun

(in pair skating) a dramatic movement in which the man spins his partner around him in a gradually increasing radius while he spins in place, holding the extended arm of the woman, who revolves around him on one skate with the other leg stretched out and gradually lowers herself backward until she is just above the ice surface.

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�� there is not, so far, is a check to shore up Chicago’s mass transit before the death spiral begins.

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Many of the system’s 1.2 million daily rides would shift to cars, clogging the streets, and the system would enter the “transit death spiral,” in which service cuts beget ridership declines until transit is the option of last resort.

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But don’t worry, I’m not going to mark this anniversary by rambling on and on about the death spiral, other than to remind you to renew your subscription immediately.

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Despite billions in investments, TerraUSD and Luna went into a death spiral in May 2022.

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The ensuing A.I. death spiral is upon us.

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