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.
(..) An elegant solution for keeping track of reality. - Was it your idea? - No, it was, uh... It was Mal's, actually. This... This one was hers. She would spin it in the dream and it would never topple. Just spin and spin. Arthur told me she passed away. How are the mazes coming along? (..)2010 Inception
(..) Dr. Stone, do you copy? Repeat, do you copy? Yes, yes, yes. I copy! I'm detached! - Give me your position. I don't know! I don't know! I'm spinning! I can't... I can't... Report your position. - GPS is down. It's down, I can't... Give me a visual. - I told you, nothing. I see nothing! (..)2013 Gravity
(..) a little shimmy, flight. Say again? We are getting a very large precession. Are we good? It's spinning on the long axis around a -degree precession. Launch, what's happening? Force on Iris is g's. We've lost readings on the probe, flight. (..)2015 The Martian