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convulsion

[kuhn-vuhl-shuhn] / kənˈvʌl ʃən /




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No one should have to endure such horrible, public pain, experienced simultaneously with a nationwide convulsion.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

What they couldn’t know at the time was that a major convulsion was coming for the golf world: LIV’s funding was about to evaporate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Despite suffering from a convulsion hours before the final.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

The remaining two recordings were triggered by sound or motion, but only one suggested that a muscle convulsion, a sign of seizure, had occurred.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18,1906, the earth beneath San Francisco heaved inward upon itself in a titanic, magnitude 7.8 convulsion.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

"It can go into convulsions soon," she said at a press briefing in Manila in September.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

"They are not particularly dangerous, you're not at risk of hurting yourself or anyone else. My convulsions are very rare, I have maybe three or four a year, they don't massively impact my life."

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Symptoms of bird flu in mammals include tremors, convulsions, seizures and muscle weakness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Novo is in convulsions amid a dramatic selloff that started in the middle of last year, the company has recently shed its CEO and all of the independent directors on its board.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025

It can begin in one area of the brain and spread to other regions, sometimes sending your muscles into involuntary convulsions.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman


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