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microseism

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as in microearthquake

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Recent Examples of microseism And there’s a similar volcanic microseism that’s already well documented in Japan. — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2022

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Earthquakes like the one recorded on the Alabama-Georgia border are known as microearthquakes and are not usually felt by people.

— Howard Koplowitz | [email protected], al, 5 May 2023

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Since the late nineteenth century, raw white-lead was known to pose a substantial health risk to those exposed to it, prompting symptoms such as swelling of the brain, epileptic convulsions, paralysis, severe colic, and death.

— Wendy S. Walters, Architectural Digest, 12 Oct. 2026
In amphibians, chytridiomycosis causes a wide variety of symptoms including skin damage, red skin, convulsions, and eventually leads to heart failure.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

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Political upheaval The prosecutions have unfolded against the backdrop of dramatic changes in relations between Washington and Caracas.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
As Japan entered a period of political upheaval in the mid-nineteenth century, criminal gangs became useful in a new way.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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