convulsions

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A new surge in oil prices sent stocks lower, extending moves that have rippled through financial markets and threatened to set off convulsions in the world economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

While experts predict modest employment numbers, disappointing data could send the market back into convulsions.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 8, 2026

He contracted meningitis as a youth and still suffers from convulsions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

In a coffee shop in Greenland's capital Nuuk, Lykke Lynge looked fondly at her four kids as they sipped their hot chocolate, seemingly oblivious to the world's convulsions.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

His every resource as a pilot now came into play as he held the stick that fought the convulsions of a maimed craft shuddering downward like a kind of ruin.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy