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heart

[hahrt] / hɑrt /






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The reader’s heart is in the right place.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

It’s actually our Mother’s Day tradition and very dear to my heart.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

While it is generally considered safe when taken as prescribed, inappropriate or high-dose use can cause dizziness, fainting and a dangerously slow heart rate.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Buffeted by desire, loss and heartbreak, the unnamed narrator asks: “Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me and then show me the place where he was hanged.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

The music coming from outside is drowned out by the sound of my heart pounding against my rib cage.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

This means it did not take into account the greater risk heat poses to older people because they sweat less and tend to have weaker hearts as well as pre-existing medical conditions.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Waiting times for donated hearts can vary greatly - from eight months to four-and-a-half years - depending on the hospital.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg has a new game plan for winning over hearts and minds to his company’s artificial-intelligence efforts: open models and an open hand.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

“We ask that you open the hearts and mind of the powerful,” she continued.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

I have heard hazmats talk about their hearts.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

"Amy was bubbly, caring and honest," he said, adding she was "soft hearted and the life and soul".

From BBC Mar. 27, 2026

The former world champion was deemed fit to recuperate at home, the Ogun and Lagos states said in a joint statement, describing him as "heavy hearted" over the loss of his friends.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2025

"Quiet, intensive, intuitive, constant and hugely creative, 'Teddy' was a warm hearted and vital part of The Cure story."

From Barron's Dec. 26, 2025

“Quiet, intense, intuitive constant and hugely creative, ‘Teddy’ was a warm hearted and vital part of the Cure story,” the band said.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 26, 2025

I have something to talk about now, Henrietta Lacks what went out of control, how my mother went through all that pain all by her self with those cold hearted doctor.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

No date for such a hearting has been set yet, but it is expected to be several months away.

From Reuters Oct. 6, 2022

Indeed, after I experimentally followed one of the fake Chabons, I found myself absentmindedly hearting some of its stolen posts as I scrolled through my feed.

From Slate Feb. 22, 2018

Where plantations stand rather thick, draw as fast as possible from amongst them every alternate plant, to allow the remainder ample space for hearting.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Experience soon proved at Alderney and Tynemouth the unsuitability of the system for very exposed situations; and the intermediate rubble filling was replaced by solid hearting down to a certain depth.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

This procedure will leave a crop for hearting two feet apart, and when the heads are cut the stumps will yield a supply of Sprouts.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons




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