The news of her death sent him into a 'spin'. [=caused him to become very unhappy, to lose control of his life, etc.]
The 'spin doctors' from both sides were already declaring victory for their candidates as soon as the debate ended.
He accused the companies of 'spinning' the results of their studies to their own benefit.
(..) to catch its prey. For the school paper? Next, we have the net web spider, family Filistatidae... ...genus Kukulcania. It spins an intricate funnel shaped web whose strands have a tensile strength ...proportionately equal to the type of high tension wire... - Leave him alone. - Or what? (..)2002 Spider-Man