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Recent Examples of palpitation
While the mere thought of downing eight coffees daily might conjure heart palpitations, caffeine has been at the center of Navratil’s career climb.
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
According to the American Heart Association, common symptoms of a heart attack include chest pain or pressure, lightheadedness, heart palpitations, and irregular heart rhythms.
—Manahil Ahmad, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
If a person starts to experience warning signs such as chest pain, shortness of breath, a racing heart or palpitations, those should not be ignored.
—Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Common symptoms of a cardiac event, like a heart attack, include chest pain or pressure, lightheadedness, heart palpitations and irregular heart rhythms, according to the AHA.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
According to the American Heart Association, common symptoms of a heart attack include chest pain or pressure, lightheadedness, heart palpitations, and irregular heart rhythms.
—Manahil Ahmad, The Providence Journal, 25 Jan. 2026
If a person starts to experience warning signs such as chest pain, shortness of breath, a racing heart or palpitations, those should not be ignored.
—Amy McGorry, FOXNews.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Common symptoms of a cardiac event, like a heart attack, include chest pain or pressure, lightheadedness, heart palpitations and irregular heart rhythms, according to the AHA.
—Isa Almeida, Oklahoman, 23 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitation
Noun
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These features cannot be made by a single star that pulses and ejects material periodically; that would simply lead to a smooth distribution of matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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In turn, researchers can use these rhythmic pulses to reveal tiny changes in spacetime and detect gravitational waves caused by large, massive objects—including supermassive black holes.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Maybe this nonstop back-and-forth, this spiritual reverb, this throb-throb oscillation between the actual and the symbolic, the objective and the imagined, is the heartbeat of Moby-Dick.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2026
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Puerto Morelos Located between the dizzying throbs of Cancun and Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos has managed to cling to its fishing village charm.—
Gemma Price,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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