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Recent Examples of palpitation
When he was sent to jail for the first time in 2020, he was taken from the courthouse in an ambulance to be checked out at a hospital for heart palpitations and high blood pressure.
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ABC News,
13 May 2026
Symptoms include swelling in the legs, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, heart palpitations, dizziness and fainting.
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Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
After the surgery Two days later, a nearly fainting NW showed up at Jackson North Medical Center with shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
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David J. Neal
may 6,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
If the two were to team up again, fans may endure heart palpitations from excitement.
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Jordan Robinson,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2026
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ABC News,
13 May 2026
Symptoms include swelling in the legs, chest pain, shortness of breath, fatigue, heart palpitations, dizziness and fainting.
—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
After the surgery Two days later, a nearly fainting NW showed up at Jackson North Medical Center with shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
—
David J. Neal
may 6,
Miami Herald,
6 May 2026
If the two were to team up again, fans may endure heart palpitations from excitement.
—
Jordan Robinson,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitation
Noun
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And franchises in the early stages of a retool — like the Dolphins — have even more incentive to do that, as long as the young players show both a pulse and promise in training camp and preseason.
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That is where the PL-16’s reported dual-pulse or variable-thrust rocket motor matters.
Noun
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Evoking Sean Baker in its style, a whirlwind 10-minute opening sequence — sweatily shot by Adam Newport-Berra and feverishly cut by editors Taylor Levy and Sofía Subercaseaux to a steady, heavy throb of bass — establishes this world to either seductive or nightmarish effect.
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Operating somewhere between the steamy formlessness of Topdown Dialectic and the tactile throb of Shackleton, Vasin uncovers some of his most distinctive rhythms by mutating the space surrounding his samples.
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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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