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Recent Examples of palpitation
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.
—David J. Neal
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
That can cause heart palpitations, dizziness or lightheadedness, shortness of breath, fainting and chest pain.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 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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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
That can cause heart palpitations, dizziness or lightheadedness, shortness of breath, fainting and chest pain.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 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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The technology sends a powerful pulse of electricity through the transmitter coil.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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Officers then felt a pulse after beginning CPR, and he was transported to a Boise hospital by ambulance.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
9 June 2026
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.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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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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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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