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He hadn’t wanted to cry, but when he reached the nerve endings his body simply began reacting on its own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Fernandes kept his nerve to drive home his second attempt and then, in a frenzied atmosphere, Matheus Cunha scored twice in the final seven minutes.

From BBC ● 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

Before I could lose my nerve, I grabbed a few things and left Grandma’s booth.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

To ease nerves about giving large amounts of money while you’re still alive, dig into the numbers.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2026

And JetBlue Airways executives tried to calm investors’ nerves about its long-term prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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

Lawrie admits "there's going to be nerves there obviously" and "being live on Netflix at 15 years of age is just something else".

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Auntie North gave Llewelyn chamomile tea to calm his nerves, and he fell asleep before takeoff.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

“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

Her father, a Texas oil engineer who had nerved himself to attend only at the last minute, cheered wildly.

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

Mrs. Hamilton was nerving her own mind for the performance of the alternative she had placed before her niece; passing many a sleepless night in painful meditations.

From Home Influence A Tale for Mothers and Daughters by Grace Aguilar