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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

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

Check your emotional pulse and question the poster’s intent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

“Unfortunately, the damage has already been done,” Abuelita said as she checked Pita’s pulse.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

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

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

It throbs, the pain coming in staggering pulses, like a second, ragged heartbeat.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Sound Wave has said it holds the basic patents in Japan and the U.S. for a method to treat early Alzheimer’s disease with low intensity pulsed ultrasound.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

Mix with pulsed chickpeas and garlic for a creamier version of hummus.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jan. 8, 2026

But this one had a special addition of LED lights and ‘chakra-aligning’ gemstones that Vargas claimed pulsed at 4 hertz — a frequency she said that’s meant to help the immune system.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

Intense heat pulsed across his body as he ran; sweltering wind from the left, cooler air from the right.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

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

There’s a flurry of feathers, the sweet smell of roses, and a beat pulsing through the ground as we march.

From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender




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