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pulse

[puhls] / pʌls /


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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

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

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

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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