spasm
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While my vocal cords spasm apart, his spasm together; while my voice gets soft and whispery, his voice is tight and gravelly.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026
A rubdown with ice did not improve the spasm in Stakusic's leg, forcing her to quit when trailing 1-6 6-4 5-3.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
A bronchial spasm sent the maestro to hospital.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
India skipper Shubman Gill went out retired hurt for four with a neck spasm and did not return to bat in the innings that ended in the second session.
From Barron's • Nov. 15, 2025
He paused, sun-flecked, holding up a bough, prepared to duck under it A spasm of terror set him shaking and he cried aloud.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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