bouts

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Despite frequent bouts of seasickness, Field undertook dozens of crossings between New York and London, seeking investors and cultivating government support.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“We anticipate more of these bouts of bravado to dictate the region for a while as both sides claim they are winning and neither is willing to be seen as disadvantaged,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Now, before that, I’d had two bad bouts of bronchitis, one after the next.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Verhoeven entered the sixth round for the first time in his fighting career - kickboxing bouts are capped at five rounds, and his only previous professional boxing fight ended inside two.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

She wondered if Mariam too had been seized all night by bouts of euphoria and attacks of mouth-drying anxiety.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini