convulsion
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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
“There has been a convulsion in the earth,” the priest said.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
"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
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
He contracted meningitis as a youth and still suffers from convulsions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 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
I would nearly go into convulsions of dismay at my stupidity.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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