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convulsion

[kuhn-vuhl-shuhn] / kənˈvʌl ʃən /




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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

Despite suffering from a convulsion hours before the final.

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

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

He kept hacking into a large checkered handkerchief, and every cough was like a convulsion.

From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus

"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

Precocious, he would simulate convulsions in class so he would get out of school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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

A more severe and concerning case can cause neck stiffness, stupor, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss, numbness, or paralysis.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

She had gone into convulsions, and her body had become stiff and wet with sweat.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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