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convulsions





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"They are not particularly dangerous, you're not at risk of hurting yourself or anyone else. My convulsions are very rare, I have maybe three or four a year, they don't massively impact my life."

From BBC Jun. 4, 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

Jonathan said in July that his father had been suffering serious convulsions and his mother was "numb" from anaemia and malnutrition.

From BBC Sep. 20, 2025

The more distant circles of the hall kept up their convulsions, but the central one had altogether frozen.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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