uncontrollable
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All financial bacchanals end when an event, often minor but only obvious in hindsight, sets off an uncontrollable chain reaction.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 9, 2026
When the cerebellum is disrupted, people can experience symptoms including painful muscle contractions, abnormal postures, and uncontrollable shaking.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
Those digging for her listened to her cries for help alongside her mother's uncontrollable sobbing.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
They have taken the structure of religious fear—the unknown, the uncontrollable, the catastrophic horizon—and are using it as a management tool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Lancelot, with an uncontrollable desire to get some of his misery off his chest by telling about it—and yet unable to tell the true story to this particular listener—began a long rigmarole about Elaine.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing uncontrollable
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