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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

But eventually it had to subside, and the ocean was a little calmer after the convulsion.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

A new surge in oil prices sent stocks lower, extending moves that have rippled through financial markets and threatened to set off convulsions in the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 5, 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

A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

There's this much reported case of a woman who suffered from convulsions after taking a medicine for diabetes which had a similar sounding name to an analgesic she had been prescribed.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

She was shaken by a series of convulsions and panted like a tired dog.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende


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