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pacemaker

[pays-may-ker] / ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
front-runner
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In 2024, the king was fitted with a pacemaker having fallen ill on holiday in Malaysia.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Denmark's national team doctor Morten Boesen said the device - which he called a pacemaker - "responded as it should".

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Eleven U.S. innovations, such as cornflakes, the implantable pacemaker and the microwave, were born from accidental discoveries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

Investigators consider the octogenarian a “vulnerable adult” owing to her difficulty walking, pacemaker and a heart condition that required daily medication.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

In medicine, a new generation of pacemaker could regulate a person’s heartbeat for decades, rather than needing to be replaced every two years.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

On its website, Compliant Technologies says it has tested the G.L.O.V.E on people with cardiovascular problems and pacemakers with no issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Initially assisted by two pacemakers, who were both gone by the 1,000m mark, the Scot was peerless as he pressed on in pursuit of the wavelights on the curb of the track measuring his progress.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

At the time, pacemakers existed but were external and huge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026

It’s hundreds, thousands, and sometimes more than 100,000 people suing over life-changing physical harm from asbestos-laced baby powder, from NFL concussions, from pacemakers, hip implants, and other medical products.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

You might easily pick out these pacemakers, for they worked under the eye of the bosses, and they worked like men possessed.

From The Jungle by Upton Sinclair


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