nerve
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At the 2022 French Open, the pain in Nadal's foot was so bad that he asked Dr Angel Ruiz-Cotorro to put the sensory nerve to sleep with targeted anaesthetic injections.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
The department has requested more than $54 billion for its drone nerve center, called the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, or DAWG, up from around $225 million this year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
Healthy mice normally show thick myelin layers surrounding nerve fibers in the brain.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The good versions — the deeply custardy ones with crisp edges and pockets of surprise throughout — rely on balance, responsiveness and a little bit of nerve.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
At a speech in Salt Lake City, Humphrey summoned the nerve to break with Johnson.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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