paroxysm
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Just a day into its paroxysm, the eruption noticeably calmed down, and it seemed possible that it would die out in a matter of days.
From National Geographic • Dec. 19, 2023
Sittenfeld sets her action in 2018, decades after that paroxysm of genius has passed.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2023
In McPherson’s account, Northern support for Brown’s cause “provoked a paroxysm of anger more intense than the original reaction to the raid.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023
And then it kept erupting, with two more violent jets of material firing into space on Sunday, followed by a fourth paroxysm on Monday.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2021
Occasionally she would go into a paroxysm of cleaning, and she would race around the house for an hour, throwing things into closets.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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