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heartbeat

[hahrt-beet] / ˈhɑrtˌbit /
NOUN
pulse
Synonyms


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He remembers the Watts riots, the 1992 riots, the rise of the Comedy Act Theatre and the neighborhood as “the cultural heartbeat of Black Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Losing team heartbeat Mariona Caldentey for up to 10 weeks with a hamstring issue has been another disruption.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat that can allow blood clots to form in the heart.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Gym rats can check their body composition of fat and muscle, people with heart issues can get their heartbeat captured, and mole owners can get their moles mapped to 0.1 mm.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

It took me a heartbeat or two to remember where I was.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The findings, published in Autonomic Neuroscience, could eventually help doctors develop more precise treatments for irregular heartbeats, chest pain, angina, and stress-induced 'broken-heart' syndrome.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The native population in the Amazon thinks that because they are fluttering so fast with a thousand heartbeats per minute that they must have more than one life in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

If left unchecked, dehydration can cause more serious complications, such as fainting and irregular heartbeats.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

After his two previous episodes of atrial flutter, Harbaugh underwent ablations, which are minimally invasive procedures that treat irregular heartbeats by destroying heart tissue that causes abnormal electrical signals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

So instead of risking her life and making major money as a mercenary, she slowed heartbeats, eased breathing, relaxed muscles.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo


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