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We are told that he has frequent crying jags and bouts of insomnia, but we don’t feel his despair.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

He was nicknamed "two jags" by the press after it emerged he had two Jaguar cars.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2024

Just think of poor Ben Platt in the film adaptation of “Dear Evan Hansen”: His crying jags, so potent on the stage, proved unfortunately memeable in the movies.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

Listening to it, usually after lunch in a quiet corner of the house, almost always sent her into crying jags.

From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2021

Stripes of white, orange, and rust-colored veins swam through the jags, pits, and knobs.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead