nerve
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Instead, the U.A.E.—the financial nerve center of the Gulf and a potent military power—is strengthening security cooperation with Israel as both states work to change the region’s strategic balance through force of arms if necessary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
He offers instead a soul-print in which Yarris’ plight is captured in the splayed nerve endings of the stage character he creates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
Mr. Armitage’s resplendent translation, proceeding with nerve, wisdom and necessary audacity, proves that literature does not progress so much as deepen, circling the same obsessions with ever-renewed urgency.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
The offer included pregabalin, a prescription drug used to treat anxiety, nerve pain and epilepsy.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
I’ve seen orange shirts before, but this guy’s shirt has the nerve to be covered in orange and brown feathers.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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