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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

Auto-tracking: Screenless trackers log workouts automatically using movement and pulse readings.

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

Surgeon General Barnes placed his finger on the pulse in Lincoln’s neck.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson

At ultrarelativistic energies, the nuclei pass through each other so quickly that they pull the newly created plasma into brief, intense acceleration pulses.

From Science Daily Aug. 3, 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

Researchers used airgun arrays to produce controlled seismic pulses and placed seismometers on the ocean floor to record how those waves traveled through the rock.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

In Bihar, children are typically served rice with pulses or chickpeas, plus an egg once a week.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

He told her that the eel sent out pulses that shocked and paralyzed its prey.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

The bar in East Flagler Street pulsed with life and danced to the beat of the World Cup.

From BBC Jun. 27, 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

Though her wrists were cinched with twine, she cupped her hands together; they bulged and pulsed, as if she had a fidgety mouse trapped between her palms, and white light leaked between her fingers.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

And pulsing is no joke — one exercise left my calves shaking.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

These blooms can look like a thick soup or pulsing cloud in the water and have been known to block boat engines.

From BBC 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

Marine life that most people never see floated into view, including delicate comb jellies with pulsing fairy-light illuminations along their sides.

From Barron's Jan. 26, 2026

I gasped out past the pulsing pain in my arm.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia




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