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Eventually, MS can cause permanent damage to the nerve fibers, and symptoms vary from person to person, depending on the location and severity of the damage in the nervous system.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

To his surprise, the video struck a nerve, and before long Mawarire was leading a protest movement of 12 million people.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Instead of the smooth, narrow tubes commonly drawn extending from nerve cells, some axons resemble strings of tiny pearls.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

In 2019, when he was still president, Duterte revealed he was suffering from myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune condition that causes nerve malfunction.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Where do you get the nerve to keep flying, when in a single year you’ve already survived being shot down twice?

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Multiple sclerosis, or MS, is a disease that causes the protective covering of nerves to breakdown, which can lead to numbness, weakness, trouble walking, vision changes and other symptoms, per the Mayo Clinic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

The U.S. dollar was more or less flat as traders’ inflation nerves were eased by the Fed policy statement and oil’s slippage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

However, nerves did show when Rybakina threw in two double faults as she served for the title.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

But before the rookie can lose himself in any pressure or nerves on Sunday, he’s simply happy for the opportunity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

I was in the middle of a nightmare, and my nerves were on fire.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

“He can get a little nerved up in the paddock,” said Shirreffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2021

Then followed a few scruffy years on local TV, including his celebrated stint as a smart-aleck weatherman, before he nerved himself to head to Los Angeles in 1975.

From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2017

Less a teen-age Rangerphile than an arachnophobe encountering a tarantula, I nerved myself to walk over to where Lindsay sat and confronted him, boy to man.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 19, 2015

Secretary Hull & Delegates nerved themselves to present two statements of U. S. policy, the first of which they feared might wreck the Conference then and there.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nailer nerved himself up and called after the man.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

As the story starts, the singer is nerving herself to ask a doctor whether or not she has a cancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, in the salty little city of Bath, Me., the moment lor which Mrs. Vanderbilt had been nerving herself finally arrived.

From Time Magazine Archive

Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.

From Time Magazine Archive

She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

He was, I concluded, nerving himself to meet the chances of his position with constancy and fortitude.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various