convulsion

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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

The country is almost certainly not on the brink of some new transformative convulsion.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

"She went into a full-on convulsion," Ms Andrews said.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2023

A convulsion has shaken America and many other Western democracies over the past few years.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

At 5:12 a.m. on April 18,1906, the earth beneath San Francisco heaved inward upon itself in a titanic, magnitude 7.8 convulsion.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand