pitter-patter

as in to throb
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner his heart pitter-pattered with excitement as he waited for the right moment to propose

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  • The Dolphins are in a less optimism-friendly spot than UM, coming off an 8-9 season and with that playoff-win drought still an embarrassing, throbbing pain.
    Greg Cote July 17, Miami Herald, 17 July 2025
  • Continuing north under Canal, the new subway would bring precious new mobility to the congested and fast-growing River West and Fulton River districts, two formerly obscure tracts of warehouses and railroad spurs now throbbing with residential development — and auto traffic.
    F.K. Plous, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2025
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  • Netflix won’t be unhappy, however, beating its 107 nominations from last year to put it in second place, thanks to big mornings for Adolescence, which got 13, 11 noms for Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story and 10 for Black Mirror.
    Peter White, Deadline, 15 July 2025
  • Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second quarter on Tuesday, reporting earnings of $5.24 a share and $45.68 billion in revenue during the period.
    Josephine Rozzelle, CNBC, 15 July 2025
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  • Messina seems particularly hampered by Diggle’s set design, which consists of cell bunks against a kind of glittering black curtain, pierced by a single doorway that leads into a pulsing red light.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
  • Selfishly, my hope as a reader is not to be persuaded, but to succumb to the pulsing psyche on the page.
    Terry Nguyen July 23, Literary Hub, 23 July 2025
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“Pitter-patter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pitter-patter. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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