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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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So the best way to start taking the wartime moviegoing pulse is to look at the first frame of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Remote sensing that uses laser pulses to accurately measure distances to objects and create 3D models of the environment.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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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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“Palpitation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitation. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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