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Sixteen hours after Tatum was writhing on the court against the New York Knicks, he was stretched out on O’Malley’s operating table on the West side of Manhattan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

And that’s kind of what happened until her final hours when her breathing became so labored she was writhing and wrenching herself upright trying to get air.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

He was convulsing, he was writhing, the gurney was shaking noticeably.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2024

"He was writhing and crawling as if in a military fashion," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2023

The dragon Ladon was writhing now, a hundred heads whipping around, tongues flickering and tasting the air.

From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan