nervy
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Pickford has been fantastic for England but he didn't have the best World Cup, with a couple conceded that arguably he should've saved and a few nervy moments playing out from the back.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
He said there could be nervy moments and recalled one incident when Newall was balancing a garden shed on his chin.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Despite the nervy conclusion, the U.S. finds itself on a historic run at this World Cup.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Amid huge outlays on its war in Ukraine, tax rises, stubborn inflation and nervy consumers are all weighing on Russia's small companies.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
Big Bill, whom the Defender called “the spectacular, nervy Mayor of Chicago,” publicly spoke out against the slights that blacks found so demeaning, and made a great show of celebrating their successes.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
But the more Lise questions the pretense of a happily remade society, the nervier everything gets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025
Scotland saw it out from there in a finale that was nervier than they imagined it would be, but was convincing nonetheless.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Outfitted in progressively more luscious frocks by Susan Hilferty, Feldstein makes a journey from nervy tyro to nervier pro.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2022
Military flashpoints or related energy price shocks and power blackouts in Europe and elsewhere could make for an even nervier year-end than usual.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2021
Evidently he was a keener and nervier gambler than he had been taken for.
From The Rustlers of Pecos County by Zane Grey
The nerviest moment for Norris came after his first pit stop, when he came up behind Tsunoda in a battle for third place.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
“She rose fast in a business that was then dominated by men. She outmanned many of them: she was the toughest negotiator, the bluntest adversary, the nerviest deal maker,” Orlean writes.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 24, 2019
For those who hoped Cannes would shake things up further still with its freshest, nerviest, most unpredictable slate in years, the festival did not disappoint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
Like all the nerviest and best auditions, this special was self-serving in the extreme, and teetered on the edge of failing.
From Time ● May 17, 2016
He's the nerviest fellow ever I met, Eloise.
From Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France by Randall Parrish
