nerve
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Published in Nature Communications, the research examined the vagus nerve, one of the body's main communication routes between the digestive system and the brain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
There isn’t much to say about this goal, other than that the White House has some nerve.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The top seed was not at her best but, having been pushed all the way by Sherrock, held her nerve to secure a 6-5 win at Blackpool's Winter Gardens.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Addressing staff, he said it would be the "nerve centre for a rewired Britain" and not a "short-lived gimmick".
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
I finally muster the nerve to ask the question bouncing around in my head.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
That has frayed nerves more than once in the area.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
With the always-excellent Paudie Clifford influential early on, Kerry feasted on Mayo nerves to register the game's three opening scores, with David Clifford striking twice after Dylan Casey fisted over the bar.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Because dentine contains microscopic channels that lead toward the tooth's nerves, exposure can cause sharp sensitivity to heat, cold, sweetness, or touch.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
“My nerves are all over the place,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
She’d been watching Molly before this, waiting for her to turn back to normal, to go back to grating on her nerves and breaking her rules with impunity.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
“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
Nailer nerved himself up and called after the man.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
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
As the story starts, the singer is nerving herself to ask a doctor whether or not she has a cancer.
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
Jacqueline was nerving herself to say what had been burning upon her lips for long.
From Throckmorton by Seawell, Molly Elliot
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