palpitation
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In a video posted from a hospital bed, external on Friday afternoon, Hammond said she had "a little bit of a palpitation" during the show but was feeling OK and was undergoing tests.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
And you have that moment of heart palpitation thinking, Please, Tiger, pop out.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 19, 2019
Why, in an event of madness, they hardly knew even a palpitation.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2018
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
It can also cause heart palpitations and/or sleep disruption in some people.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
"A lot of people were suffering from chronic fatigue, constant headaches, low vitamin B12, which was subsequently causing things like heart palpitations and very foggy heads," she said.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
Emma spent many nights sitting with him. holding him, comforting him, tending to him, as he suffered from sleeplessness, heart palpitations, and his almost constant digestive upset.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
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