palpitates

present tense third-person singular of palpitate
as in throbs
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the man's heart began to palpitate, and he feared another attack was coming on

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  • Portugal’s coastline throbs with beach goers and sports enthusiasts.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • On that front, scale beats rhetoric and right now, China has both.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Or Miami wins, but Georgia Tech only loses one or two conferences games, then beats Georgia, in which case the ’Canes and Jackets might both get in.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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  • Designer Joe Nahem of the esteemed firm Fox-Nahem was then brought in to merge the two spaces into one wildly creative space that vibrates with color, pattern, and texture.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Each of the three biographies—any good biography—vibrates with the intensity of its author’s possession by their subject and the thrill of exhumation, if only metaphoric.
    Megan Marshall September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • From lakefront festivals to lively neighborhood block parties, the city pulses with opportunities for connection.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The city pulses with ambition—as Education City hums with global ideas, and Katara hosts opera under the stars.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Palpitates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitates. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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