pulse
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So you get a track like Where Do We Go, which marries a sashaying Afrobeats rhythm to a hypnotic electronic pulse.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
If anyone knows where Hong Kong’s old street food pulse still beats, it’s them.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Add a sudden pulse of hydrogen peroxide and many cancer cells tip over the edge: their DNA and energy machinery are damaged and they die.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The fire department responded and checked our blood pressure and pulse, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
The mountain’s medics hurried to check her pulse and shine lights into her eyes.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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But outrage pulses more readily through in “Freefall.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
Those are hardly words that send investors’ pulses racing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Numerical simulations also showed that the speed of optical pulses could be adjusted dynamically while the circuit was operating.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
I turn to the cart as she puts them on, and a metal arm like a record needle is reading out my pulses.
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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Emma Robins, from Reading, says broccoli hidden in pesto pasta is a favourite for her three-year-old son Alfred, as well as veg pulsed into pasta sauces.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mix with pulsed chickpeas and garlic for a creamier version of hummus.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Innovative U.S. inertial fusion energy companies, including those that use pulsed power and laser approaches, are building demonstration systems on a scale comparable to China’s facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
Though she initially was considered missing, the urgency to quickly find Guthrie pulsed through the first days of media coverage because of her heart condition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
It was unfair, all of it, deeply unfair: that was the one thought that had pulsed through Izzy’s mind all night.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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The steady pulsing of milking machines mingled with a thumping musical beat as McAfee marched down the rows, pointing to their light pink udders.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
New York City is pulsing with more energy than usual as the Knicks prepare to face the Spurs in crucial game five of the NBA Finals tonight.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The now pulsing, now soaring strains of Prokofiev’s climactic “Balcony Scene” are enacted solely on screen as recorded by Mr. Marcovici’s camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
The former’s pulsing soundtrack tears apart “Little Nemo’s” enchanting dream logic, shattering the illusion that Nemo — despite its virtuosic rendering — can be so cleanly distinguished from its accompanying grotesque depictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
Music was reverberating against the walls and ceilings, the bass pulsing in my eardrums.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
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