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NEW YORK — From the outside, the war in Ukraine is a disconnected stream of videos, sudden convulsions of fire, flame and smoke, or images of hollowed-out buildings gaping with views of abandoned offices, apartments and schoolrooms.
WOMEN ARTISTS TELL AN UGLY TRUTH: THE WAR WITHIN MAY NEVER BE OVERPHILIP KENNICOTTAUGUST 4, 2022WASHINGTON POST
Every moment it seemed as if the tent would not withstand the onslaught, that the fluttering canvas was in its death convulsions.
A 237-HOUR NIGHTMARE: INSIDE THIS TERRIFYING, FROSTBITTEN FIRST ASCENT OF NEPAL’S BARUNTSECOBRIENJANUARY 30, 2022OUTSIDE ONLINE
The vaccine can cause mild side effects in some children, including fever and brief convulsions, said Katherine O’Brien, the WHO’s director of immunization, vaccines and biologicals.
WHO ENDORSES USE OF FIRST MALARIA VACCINEPAULINA FIROZI, MARISA IATI, ERIN CUNNINGHAMOCTOBER 6, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The tremor intensified until, about halfway through the recitation, he fell to the floor in convulsions, having lost all control of his body, including bladder and bowels, in front of an audience of merciless adolescents.
HOW TO UNLEARN A DISEASE - ISSUE 103: HEALTHY COMMUNICATIONKELLY CLANCYJULY 14, 2021NAUTILUS
Electrocution, convulsion, possession, all of the above, all at once.
THE WORLD IS FAST. BAD BRAINS ARE FASTER.CHRIS RICHARDSAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In the huddled land of what Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tellingly termed the “haves” and “have-nots,” Britain in the early ’80s was experiencing tectonic convulsions of economic disorder.
ALMOST ANARCHY: THE STYLE COUNCIL AND THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SOPHISTI-POPMINA TAVAKOLINOVEMBER 20, 2020WASHINGTON POST
She had done with little things, and Isabel, with young curiosity, wondered in what convulsion the last of them had gone down.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Uttering these words, the good lady pointed distractedly to the cupboard, and underwent a convulsion from internal spasms.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENS
It has been claimed that a shot would break the tube and end the little convulsion.
OUTLINES OF THE EARTH'S HISTORYNATHANIEL SOUTHGATE SHALER
When the launch was under way Isabel told Gwynne of the blue flames that had danced over the marsh during the convulsion.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
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WORDS RELATED TO CONVULSION

  • agitation
  • concussion
  • convulsion
  • disturbance
  • quaver
  • tremor
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