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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

Crucially, the negative value of the weakly measured dwell time cannot be explained by imagining that only the front of the photon’s pulse gets through, unlike the time inferred from the arrival time.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

For a moment, he stared down at his palm, wonder brightening his face, as if he could not believe it had been returned to him while he still had a pulse.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

The experiment relied on two carefully timed laser pulses.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 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

The treatment uses implanted electrodes to deliver small electrical pulses to areas located deep inside the brain.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

I’m worried about tomorrow enough already, so my stomach flips and pulses when Coach calls me into his office.

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick

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

The sky pulsed red with the glow of a distant Guy Fawkes Night bonfire, and a cold, wet fog sat heavily on the town of Inverness.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 16, 2026

This setup created a regularly pulsed environment that effectively kicked the atoms over and over again.

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2026

The pale figures pulsed faintly; she could imagine that they were nothing more than afterimages, like the glow left by a bright fight in your eyes, after the fights go out.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

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

"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 his shoulder, Small Bob the kitten purred almost as loudly as the pulsing heart of Tartarus.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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