paroxysm
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This eruption is the peninsula’s third volcanic paroxysm in a row, following on from similar lava-spewing eruptions in 2021 and 2022—and it’s unlikely to be the last.
From National Geographic • Jul. 24, 2023
In McPherson’s account, Northern support for Brown’s cause “provoked a paroxysm of anger more intense than the original reaction to the raid.”
From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2023
After each paroxysm in China — the fall of the Qing dynasty, the Communist takeover, the Cultural Revolution, the Tiananmen massacre — Hong Kong’s population swelled with refugees.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2022
It’s part jazz concert, part public paroxysm, part spiritual communion.
From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022
The paroxysm of blinking made me pity the poor man.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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