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The "whispering MP" who feared she may never be able to speak confidently again revealed she has seen signs of recovery after suffering nerve damage to her vocal cords during surgery.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

This was particularly significant because the degeneration of these same nerve cells is a central feature of Parkinson's disease.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Under normal conditions, alpha-synuclein is found in nerve cells and plays a role in their functioning.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

But England's bowlers held their nerve on this occasion, closing out a 55-run win as the brilliant Pavan Rathnayake's 118 off just 77 balls was in vain for Sri Lanka.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

She hadn’t heard from him in months, and was ticked that he had the nerve to expect her to drop everything and come running.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

"That's nerves and the pressure the selectors have put him under for an extended period of time," said former Australia batter Simon Katich on SEN Radio.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The SK Hynix results further helped calm investor nerves over the sustainability of spending on memory chips, an issue that has clouded over the broader artificial-intelligence ecosystem in recent weeks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

The heart is regulated partly by the autonomic nervous system, a network of nerves that automatically manages essential functions such as heartbeat, breathing, and digestion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

I have simmer-y nerves on a normal day, but today my nerves are already sizzling pretty good and we haven’t even gotten to school yet.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

“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

Secretary Hull & Delegates nerved themselves to present two statements of U. S. policy, the first of which they feared might wreck the Conference then and there.

From Time Magazine Archive

This means that what is probable changes over time; but Locke never nerved himself up to take the further step of saying that knowledge itself changes over time.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

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

Well, our compact,” she went on, in an altered voice, as if nerving herself for an effort.

From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford