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At the top of the dugout stairs, he put his hand over his heart and acknowledged the cheering crowd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Tim Higgins examines the contradiction at the heart of one of the world’s leading AI companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
As always, I followed my heart and the mindless passion that lives there.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Trauma and stress can put you in "fight or flight" mode, where your heart rate increases, you release adrenaline, and your muscles tense, preparing the body for an external threat, he says.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
She tells me she almost had a heart attack when I shaved my hair off.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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But surveying the coverage, I can’t help but notice that their hearts just aren’t in it these days, and that your grandpa’s favorite talking heads would rather discuss, um, another hot topic.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"When people in America hear the word Gander, our hearts soften," Pete Hoekstra said.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Because the tissue comes from living human hearts, researchers can now study heart biology in a laboratory model that may more closely reflect what actually happens in patients.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
We’ve all been in a chat with an Oreo Mom, replying with hearts and exclamation points while the conversation goes sideways and everyone gets more and more enraged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
When they awoke on April 11, their hearts sank.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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"Our dad a warrior on the football pitch, captaining club and country, a kind hearted and generous man off it," she said.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
“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
"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
Neither are roles for the faint hearted, to put it lightly.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
Nurse Cramer was a good- hearted, sentimental creature who rejoiced unselfishly at news of -weddings, engagements, births and anniversaries even though she was unacquainted with any of the people involved.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Rather than hearting nearly every mom group chat message, from dramatic notes about soccer games to missives on playground squabbles, I’m just going to do…nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
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
If the entire crop is to be left for hearting, a minimum of fifteen inches each way will be a safe distance for the smallest varieties.
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
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