palpitation
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Soon after Hammond said she had "a little bit of a palpitation" and was undergoing tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Kwok, then a senior research investigator at the National Biomedical Research Foundation, described experiencing numbness, weakness and palpitation lasting for about two hours after eating at Chinese restaurants.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 27, 2021
And you have that moment of heart palpitation thinking, Please, Tiger, pop out.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 19, 2019
There were his “fits” brought on by “excitements,” “flurries” leading to an “uncomfortable palpitation of the heart” and “air fatigues” that triggered his “head symptoms.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2010
So the palpitation would show up on the graph.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Oshea Orchid, a local lawyer, filed the first class-action lawsuit in 2023 against the operators of the county’s second-largest landfill, alleging the fumes were sickening her neighbors, causing headaches and heart palpitations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
“American Flag Blue” paint would fill inbound passengers to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with patriotic palpitations as they looked outside their windows through the clean, crystal-clear water.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2026
So the mass palpitations surrounding the arrest last week of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be viewed with caution—another of the occasional bouts of populist revulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
"But then I started to develop heart palpitations and I knew something else was wrong."
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
“I got to go. You giving me the heart palpitations talking bout this.”
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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