pulse
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So you get a track like Where Do We Go, which marries a sashaying Afrobeats rhythm to a hypnotic electronic pulse.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
By recording how long each pulse takes to return, the system can build a detailed 3D model of the terrain and estimate the height of individual trees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
The fire department responded and checked our blood pressure and pulse, but both vehicles had to be towed from the scene.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
Check your emotional pulse and question the poster’s intent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Surgeon General Barnes placed his finger on the pulse in Lincoln’s neck.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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At ultrarelativistic energies, the nuclei pass through each other so quickly that they pull the newly created plasma into brief, intense acceleration pulses.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
Gaofen 3 uses 'synthetic aperture radar,' or SAR, which emits microwave pulses to gather data, capturing imagery at any time of day or night, regardless of cloud cover.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
They then introduced a brief delay between laser pulses.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 4, 2026
In Bihar, children are typically served rice with pulses or chickpeas, plus an egg once a week.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
There were too many people and pulses, and when she needed a break, she could not stop hearing them all.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Emma Robins, from Reading, says broccoli hidden in pesto pasta is a favourite for her three-year-old son Alfred, as well as veg pulsed into pasta sauces.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Sound Wave has said it holds the basic patents in Japan and the U.S. for a method to treat early Alzheimer’s disease with low intensity pulsed ultrasound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
Mix with pulsed chickpeas and garlic for a creamier version of hummus.
From Salon ● Apr. 28, 2026
This setup created a regularly pulsed environment that effectively kicked the atoms over and over again.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2026
An eye blinked, a mouth smiled and poked out a tongue, an ear wiggled, a tiny hand waved, and a little heart pulsed.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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And pulsing is no joke — one exercise left my calves shaking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
A pulsing exploration of party culture and collective movement, it's a departure from the tender, introspective ballads on her Mercury Prize-winning debut, Collapsed In Sunbeams and its 2023 follow-up, My Soft Machine.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
The now pulsing, now soaring strains of Prokofiev’s climactic “Balcony Scene” are enacted solely on screen as recorded by Mr. Marcovici’s camera.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
A veritable feast for the ears that shimmers with sound — a stray guitar flourish here, a pulsing synthesizer there.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
The Trivelino family vault rose above her, its emblem pulsing after detecting her presence.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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