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  • Yours are easily my favorite Stashbuster Spirals from the whole group.

    Stashbuster Spirals 2005

  • Spirals of blue protective magic formed around me as the wards thrust me back out into the street, still crackling with bursts of electricity.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • Spirals are not just docile and endearing, though: The curved horns of rams, the twist of a whirlpool, the shape of a tornado—all are natural swirls of great strength.

    Turn, Turn, Turn Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • Small children turning the pages of Joyce Sidman's "Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature" Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 40 pages, $16.99 may be surprised to see how often a coiling shape naturally appears.

    Turn, Turn, Turn Meghan Cox Gurdon 2011

  • Spirals of distrust often begin with miscommunication, leading to perceived betrayal, causing further impoverishment of communication, and ending in a state of chronic distrust.

    Trust Me Robert Hurley 2011

  • Thank you to glockgal for artwork and mad zazzle-fu skillz! media: Love Spirals Downwards - Sunset Bell

    it's here! glockgal 2009

  • Spirals of blue protective magic formed around me as the wards thrust me back out into the street, still crackling with bursts of electricity.

    Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011

  • In "Luminous Spirals," a 1997 piece for flute, cello and classical guitar, the melodies were more angular and fragmented, the guitar used as much for percussive effect as for color.

    In performance: Chinary Ung 2010

  • Spirals of ice erupted from the snow walls on either side of the wind doors, gleaming with terrible beauty in the light of the green dome.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

  • Spirals of ice erupted from the snow walls on either side of the wind doors, gleaming with terrible beauty in the light of the green dome.

    Half Upon a Time James Riley 2010

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