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It’s heard in markets or throbbing from taxi radios and speakers in rickety roadside bars.—
Matthew Bremner,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025 -
From the ankle that throbs as if it had been twisted, to the head that feels as if it had been placed in a bench vise, the body is a ladder whose rungs are aches and pains.—
Richard Brookhiser,
National Review,
21 Nov. 2024
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Dallas beat the Eagles by 20 points the next week and the losses — and finger pointing — snowballed from there.—
Dan Gelston,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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Comcast closed 2024 with a strong quarter, handily beating Wall Street estimates, but its shares slumped due to declines in its broadband business.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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The destinations range from Valencia, Spain's third-largest city with a thriving yet not overwhelming expat community set along the Mediterranean, to the emerging Colombian city of Medellin, which is pulsing with culture and gastronomy.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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This also creates a pulsing pattern, which generates oscillating blood volume, that, in turn, drives the brain fluid flow that washes away the toxins.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Pit-a-pat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pit-a-pat. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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