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heartbeat

[hahrt-beet] / ˈhɑrtˌbit /
NOUN
pulse
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Atrial fibrillation is a type of irregular heartbeat that can allow blood clots to form in the heart.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Gym rats can check their body composition of fat and muscle, people with heart issues can get their heartbeat captured, and mole owners can get their moles mapped to 0.1 mm.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

Everyone in the room grabbed either shakers or a small drum, and with Densmore instructing and conducting, the ensemble conjured what he called the heartbeat of Mother Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Drake Thomas, an Anthropic safety employee, posted on X that he would “burn my equity to the ground in a heartbeat for a 1% higher chance we make it out of this situation alive.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

My heartbeat thumped in my ears, thumping, thumping, telling me he knows, he knows.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

The native population in the Amazon thinks that because they are fluttering so fast with a thousand heartbeats per minute that they must have more than one life in them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026

If left unchecked, dehydration can cause more serious complications, such as fainting and irregular heartbeats.

From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2025

Getting another ablation procedure, which could help treat irregular heartbeats by destroying tissue that causes abnormal electrical signals, remains an option after the initial monitoring period.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2024

They said Mr Quiboloy was hiding in an underground bunker based on the sound of heartbeats detected by surveillance equipment.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2024

I put my hand over his left side, just behind his front leg, and counted the number of heartbeats in fifteen seconds.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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