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
On a run, the band took 30 seconds to catch the right pulse, but matched the chest strap closely over the next half-hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
By recording how long each pulse takes to return, the system can build a detailed 3D model of the terrain and estimate the height of individual trees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Bliss checked for Garfield's pulse at both his wrist and neck.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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A deep love of language pulses through Ms. Smith’s novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
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
Many traditional lidar systems use a large rotating unit to direct light pulses across a scene.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
That, stirred with languid pulses of the oar,
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
Mix with pulsed chickpeas and garlic for a creamier version of hummus.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 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
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
Although commercial fusion remains under development, these systems will require compact and reliable pulsed power components.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
And, even more weirdly, the trinket pulsed with green light, too.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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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
"The guy talking to me said he could see something pulsing under my eye, so that was obviously my body unwell and reacting. But it worked."
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
On “Age of Capricorn” a buzzing voice seems to be reciting some kind of code, with strings of letters ringing out over pulsing synths and a blooming bassline redolent of a pipe organ.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026
A veritable feast for the ears that shimmers with sound — a stray guitar flourish here, a pulsing synthesizer there.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 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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