pulse
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The fisherwoman’s love story is “Wicker’s” pulse, but the movie is really about the town and it sidelines her character to skewer the place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Huang's "defence of CoreWeave's financial position was enough to pull the NeoCloud complex off the floor, drag AI equities higher and give the broader market something resembling a pulse", wrote SPI Asset Management's Stephen Innes.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
She was 59 when she collapsed during a Christmas holiday in Spain, lost consciousness, stopped breathing and had no pulse or heartbeat after suffering a cardiac arrest.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Leading an orchestra of 22, featuring lively colorations from saxophone, harp, marimba and guitar, conductor Michael Sakir captured the music’s landscape of alternating pulse and elegy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
My pulse was racing like Mrs. B’s heart rate when I was testing my mood-music playlist.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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“The trucks outlook is O.K., but unlikely to set any pulses racing,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
“Heavy Metal” mostly leaned minimal, with spare electronics and occasional percussion, and here Mr. Winter’s piano is thick with chords and repeating pulses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
That will bring pulses of showery rain on Tuesday, perhaps turning heavier in some southern parts on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Once activated, the switches produce electrical pulses lasting only a few picoseconds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
A bond bigger than any crown pulses through the five of us, and, for the first time since the start of this pageant, I know it’s me who has the upper hand.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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RTX and Xcimer are developing a prototype for a pulsed ultraviolet laser system and aim for an initial demonstration within two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The “biohack” begins at the BioCharger’s base, where a large coil creates pulsed electromagnetic fields.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Mix with pulsed chickpeas and garlic for a creamier version of hummus.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
Concerns about the wider implications of such a change pulsed through discussions at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month and have contributed to widespread economic anxiety in the US.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
But in the dark nights, as the wind howled and the fever pulsed, I would draw that bag out of some dark corner of my mind and root through it once again.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Florence and its surroundings move Muratov profoundly, especially because this region best expresses the 15th-century Renaissance, or Quattrocento, in which he senses “the beating of a great heart pulsing with pure and noble blood.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The video, set to pulsing music, delivering a scathing critique of the system that he once tried to reform.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
And pulsing is no joke — one exercise left my calves shaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
Inside the jar, just below the edge of the label, Sophie could see the putting-to-sleep dream lying peacefully on the bottom, pulsing gently, sea-green like the other one, but perhaps a trifle larger.
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
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