nerve
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The movement signals originate in the deepest layers of the optic tectum and travel through nerve fibers to the opposite side of the spinal cord.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
The youth protests have struck a nerve with the wider public, at a time when Europe is gearing up for a wave of key elections in Spain, France, Italy and Greece over the coming year.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
But it’s important to note that amid the chaos, we’re hearing one throughline: While Wall Street may be losing its nerve over AI, corporate buyers aren’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Sodium and potassium are essential minerals that help regulate fluid balance, nerve signaling, and muscle function.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Carmen swallowed hard but didn’t lose her nerve.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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U.S. stocks were mixed as strong jobs data and a modest rebound for artificial-intelligence companies failed to quell investor nerves about the sustainability of the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
It is softer than enamel and contains tiny channels that can transmit sensations toward the nerves inside the tooth.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Last week, Oracle’s management team seemingly calmed Wall Street’s nerves with its discussion of the financing that could be expected in the future.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
That helped steady nerves among investors who have started to question the vast sums pumped into the AI build-out and when they will see returns, with the spike in borrowing costs compounding concerns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
I do hope French Lick is helpful for his feet and nerves.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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“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
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Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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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
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As the story starts, the singer is nerving herself to ask a doctor whether or not she has a cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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Her trembling heart had forgotten for the moment all she had been braving her heart, and nerving her mind to tell him.
From It May Be True, Vol. III (of III) by Mrs. Henry Wood
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