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apoplexy

[ap-uh-plek-see] / ˈæp əˌplɛk si /
NOUN
loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery
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It’s hard to pin down the moment in “Oh, Mary!,” a comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, that will send Lincoln scholars and purists into apoplexy.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

The ease with which Levin moves from apoplexy to calm tells me that the rage is a rhetorical flourish that substitutes for the logic his arguments lack.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2020

A few days after hearing about Mr. Pecker’s apoplexy, we were approached, verbally at first, with an offer.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2019

“If you’re going to dismiss everything as a hoax, you’d better have something clear to replace it,” he said, his voice rising toward apoplexy.

From The New Yorker • May 30, 2018

The doctor said it was an apoplexy brought on by the fire.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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