vicious circle
vicious cycle

Sitting here, you can see the whole global vicious cycle we are in and have to break.

No longer able to care for their own children, they are caught in what seems to be a vicious cycle.

I hope we will also remember the families around the world who are caught in the vicious cycles of war.

How can I pull myself out of this vicious cycle?

This vicious cycle is at the heart of the crisis.

Something needs to be done to break this vicious cycle and encourage people to take care of themselves.

A vicious cycle of failure, with each side certain that the other is the problem.

"We have to stop the vicious cycle of drugs eating our children."

Test anxiety is known to develop into a vicious cycle.

It even helped me to break a vicious cycle of depression.