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It activates dopamine, the neurotransmitter in the brain that triggers a feeling of relaxation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
“If that comes in on a Friday, then my Gen Z brain knows exactly what I need to do on a Monday.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
“It’s new drills, new systems, so it kind of makes everyone turn on their brain and challenge themselves, which is fun for guys at this level.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
And that new evidence of bipolar disorder, PTSD, and brain damage "mostly repeated" what the jury had heard and would not have changed the verdict.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
The stalk is your brain stem, which plugs into your spinal cord.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
“There are better ways to help people whose bodies and brains can’t keep up with the demands of their jobs.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Studies show young brains have high plasticity that makes it easier for children to grasp new languages naturally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
AI left academia’s brightest mathematicians slack-jawed when it found solutions to problems that once melted their brains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Cramer has earned money from his secret-space-program tale, selling lessons on “how to make brains smarter, faster, more effective.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
I been racking brains and nothing comes to mind.
From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick
Hours before or after they passed, another member of the human family, likely the smaller brained, big-jawed Paranthropus, hurried along the same shoreline.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 27, 2024
Larger brained animals could use their intelligence to find fruit more efficiently, which in turn provided more energy to fuel a larger brain.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2024
Clevinger, his long hair brained into pigtails, allowed three runs, two earned, and six hits in 4 1/3 innings while striking out six and walking two.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2022
At least there’s nothing pointy on the Steam Deck, unlike some of the book corners I’ve brained myself with over the years.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2022
Raizel and I scooted out of the way to avoid being brained by one.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
We are a long way here from Thor developing the wheel or the Fat Broad braining the Snake.
From Time Magazine Archive
They succeed; but not without difficulty, and a free handling of handspikes—almost braining the apes before they consent to relinquish it.
From The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid
Both men ducked instinctively, to escape a braining.
From The Black Bag by Louis Joseph Vance
"And for well-nigh braining an officer of his Majesty's infantry!" said old Major Elliott, putting his head over the hedge.
From The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
"Théo is at home—he went to tell his mother," Joyselle said, nearly braining an old lady with his violin-case as he swung round to speak.
From The Halo by B. Martin Justice
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