convulsions

plural of convulsion

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Recent Examples of convulsions For more severe and potentially life-threatening infections, symptoms may include headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions. Matthew Robinson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025 An hour later, Bradley Fullerton’s cellmate sought help because Fullerton was having convulsions, according to the filing. Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025 At the end of almost 4 billion years, on a planet bereft of complex life, the Earth had been suddenly throttled by the most extreme convulsions of the carbon cycle in its entire history. Peter Brannen august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Widespread abuse can lead to sudden cardiac arrest, convulsions, strokes and death. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024 Abuse can lead to irregular heartbeat, ischemic heart conditions, sudden cardiac arrest, convulsions, strokes and death. Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 25 Dec. 2024 Exposure to larger doses of the gas can cause loss of consciousness, cardiac arrest, possibly leading to death, coma, convulsions, paralysis, respiratory failure, and seizures. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 Serious health complications are possible, especially in children younger than 5, such as pneumonia — the most common cause of death from measles in young children — and swelling of the brain, which can trigger convulsions and lead to deafness or intellectual disability. Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024 His epileptic convulsions happen less often and for shorter intervals — seconds at a time, instead of minutes. Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 24 Nov. 2024
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Noun
  • Not only have students been impacted by political upheavals in higher education, but faculty members have faced an unpredictable professional landscape as well.
    Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The drama about a Turkish college professor facing major upheavals on two home fronts bowed at Sundance and stars Ekin Koc, Erkan Kolçak Kostendil, Hazar Erguclu and Ercan Kesal.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Just as past technological revolutions redefined work – from the mechanization of farming to the rise of industrial factories – AI is reshaping the task structure of modern employment.
    Steven Dudash, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The drone revolutions In the early 2000s, Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Armed Forces had no experience with drone technology.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Convulsions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/convulsions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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