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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

Having a physically small or crowded optic nerve, also called a “disc at risk,” is the single strongest anatomical risk factor for developing NAION, optometrists and neuro-ophthalmologists said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The Savanna Stones of the internet are losing their shine, which is part of the reason Zand’s profile has struck a nerve.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

"I think the family tax, the family farm imposition, was a mistake," the former Labour minister said, adding it "touched a nerve".

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Basically, a seizure is an electrical storm in your brain's nerve cells.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

As the second half wore on, the resilient visitors actually missed the game's two best chances through Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and Brennan Johnson, while the mood became increasingly sour as nerves and anxiety grew.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 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

The U.A.E. has tried to calm the nerves of its business community, with high-ranking Emirati officials, who typically maintain a low public profile, meeting with investors and entrepreneurs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 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

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

This means that what is probable changes over time; but Locke never nerved himself up to take the further step of saying that knowledge itself changes over time.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

So, nerving herself for the ordeal, she went down to dinner the next day in anything but a happy frame of mind.

From Peggy Owen at Yorktown by Lucy Foster Madison