convulsive
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John Simpson of the BBC noted recently that “there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.”
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2025
Just occasionally, there are years when the world goes through some fundamental, convulsive change.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2025
Continuous monitoring of child deaths and improvements in health records to track how often these convulsive seizures precede death, he explains, will be needed for this to be confirmed.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
In a way, Fendrix’s compositions — moving from the wry, picaresque strings of Bella’s early years to a convulsive coming-of-age synth-ony — tell the story as directly as any of McNamara’s words.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2023
No sooner had I plunged into the river and, with convulsive strokes, my hand still holding my musket above the water, set out to cross it, than I saw Olakunde following Bono.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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