nerve
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The non-invasive technique uses reflected light to create high-resolution, cross-sectional images of biological tissues, particularly the retina and optic nerve, allowing doctors to detect and monitor disease.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
A trio of researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics and discoveries on how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviors in the living brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Watson held his nerve to step out of the pocket and fire a 14-yard touchdown pass to tight end Harold Fannin Jr to cap a game-winning 65-yard drive.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Lower marker levels suggest a reduced density of dopamine nerve terminals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
He couldn’t do with Shifa losing her nerve.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
David decided to join them, but was overcome by nerves when his turn came.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Her mother, Mygal, checks the news and eats a biscuit herself to calm her nerves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Arnold suspected that another problem might be occurring at the connection between those nerves and muscles.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
"If we talk about nerves, yes, but it's a positive nervousness," he told BBC Sport Scotland.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Once again, the young women’s morale and nerves were badly shaken.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
“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
For weeks Washington had been on the alert for the Vinson report, nerved itself this week to hear the report go off, dynamiting the profiteers of World War II.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I needed some fresh air,” I tell him, which is indicative of how nerved up I am.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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
See the huge creature with muscles of steel, his heart a furnace of glowing coal, and the strength of a thousand horses nerving his sinews.
From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various
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