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Recent Examples of palpitation
These ingredients can also cause side effects, including nausea, heart palpitations, and tingling sensations.
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 13 Mar. 2026
Reports include adverse events such as high fever and heart palpitations from unapproved peptides.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
In October, researchers in Louisiana reported on a case involving a college football player who had heart palpitations during practice.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
In January, Pang said Lai suffered health issues including heart palpitations, high blood pressure and diabetes.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Sherri Gordon, Health, 13 Mar. 2026
Reports include adverse events such as high fever and heart palpitations from unapproved peptides.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2026
In October, researchers in Louisiana reported on a case involving a college football player who had heart palpitations during practice.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 15 Feb. 2026
In January, Pang said Lai suffered health issues including heart palpitations, high blood pressure and diabetes.
—Kanis Leung, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitation
Noun
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After cooling atomic clocks that trap single ions such as aluminum and ytterbium to absolute zero, the researchers manipulated their quantum states with laser pulses.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Apr. 2026
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The Non-Partisan Committee ran only one forum as the public pulse beat was undetectable.—
Jerry Shnay,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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.—
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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And in my own case, that meaning has been a reminder — unwelcome but reliable — of my origins, and of the need to find the right fit when crossing between languages, so that the ache in one finds its answering throb in another.—
Jan Steyn,
The Dial,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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