spasm
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While my vocal cords spasm apart, his spasm together; while my voice gets soft and whispery, his voice is tight and gravelly.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2026
And amid a spasm of bricks-and-mortar bankruptcies driven in part by e-commerce, retail employment fell by a quarter-million between 2017 and late 2019.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
India skipper Shubman Gill went out retired hurt for four with a neck spasm and did not return to bat in the innings that ended in the second session.
From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2025
Kildunne was withdrawn after a head knock, while Botterman limped off with a back spasm.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2025
The pain spasm convulses as if it is eating away my linings.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
The Canadian rock duo make up Angine de Poitrine, which translates from French to angina pectoris — a condition of chest pressure caused by spasms of the heart.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
Tyler Glasnow is back to square one in his recovery from back spasms.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
The Pistons said at the time that Cunningham was suffering back spasms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The intervening 116 years were characterized by intermittent spasms of far-flung fighting, interrupted by truces and even a formal peace between 1360 and 1369.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Some feeling has returned to my leg, but my arms are still riddled with spasms.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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