involuntary
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The disorder affects emotional expression that can result in sudden involuntary, and out-of-control episodes of laughing, crying, or anger that do not match how a person actually feels.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Current laws set the bar so high for involuntary hospitalization that a person in psychosis often has to be suicidal or homicidal before they can get the help they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Before being arrested, Greensmith had made online searches for a lawyer and looked at a page with information on "involuntary manslaughter", the court heard.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Lithwick: Chase decided, in a very truncated opinion, that Turner’s apprenticeship violated the 13th Amendment’s prohibition of involuntary servitude and the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
Rhonda gave an involuntary shift of her shoulders.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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