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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

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

In the middle of this convulsion, Ms. de Bonafini’s life was turned upside down.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

Nobody peeked their head in the door to see if I was absent or sick or maybe having a convulsion in the middle of the floor.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

"She was taken to hospital with non-stop fits and convulsions," he told BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026

Novo has suffered repeated convulsions amid a dramatic selloff that has sent shares down by more than 60% since the middle of last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 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

It was an awesome thing to watch such a massive creature having such mighty convulsions.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl


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