nerve
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Fampridine boosts nerve signals to make it easier for some people to move and live independently.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Alzheimer's disease and several other neurodegenerative disorders are linked to a damaging change in tau, a protein that normally helps support the internal structure of nerve cells.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
They are building the nerve center of Abu Dhabi’s AI efforts, set to be packed with the latest U.S. chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
"They harvested a nerve from his leg to replace part of the nerve that was missing in his left arm," his parents said on the fundraising page, which has so far raised over £67,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“I’ve been trying to get the nerve to ask you out since last year.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"It grew so vast and so wide and for so long, on nerves and ligaments that are attached to my legs," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“I could almost see within my teammates a bit of nerves, because it’s something that is so unique,” Balogun said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
There is some evidence that Netflix is shedding subscribers, or at least getting on their nerves.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed and potentially fatal disease of the heart muscle in which a protein called transthyretin builds up in the heart, nerves and other organs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
My nerves rattled inside me like the train wheels.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
“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
A.F.T. has 450 locals, including 32 at college level, but only about 50 are nerved to act like labor unions and clinch collective bargaining agreements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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 paused, nerving himself for the next question.
From By Wit of Woman by Marchmont, Arthur W. (Arthur Williams)
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