psyche
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“The massive outpouring around her death has really changed the British psyche, for the better,” William said during a magazine interview in 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I really hope this does something in the Hollywood psyche, where they go, ‘Let’s put away the remakes and let’s just get after new challenging, original material.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
"It shapes your psyche and moulds your motivation to fight, so that in critical situations, you know you are capable of something more", said Karyi.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"Psychedelic means 'psyche-revealing,' or making the psyche visible," said senior author Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, the Ralph Metzner Distinguished Professor of Neurology at UCSF.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
He carried them house to house like terrors sewn to his psyche.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
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His father said that his son would have been "absolutely psyched" that the company's new laboratory was being named in his honour.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
I psyched myself up to argue and dialed the customer service number on the back of the bill.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026
Twenty-five years after their first album, both brothers are comfortable — psyched, even — to find their band in such an unlikely mix.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2025
In fact, it’s virtually impossible to tell whether he’s more psyched about “Slow Horses” or being knighted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
It was the first A Jack got in any class all year long, so he was psyched.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
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Of course, there are limits to taking a Panglossian attitude and psyching ourselves up in the face of challenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
His ability to read the room and know his players have helped Daniels coach Joseph through multiple slumps, favoring the less-is-more approach to keep from psyching his kicker out.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2023
Clever on and off the court, Medvedev enjoys psyching out his opponents not only with his combination of impenetrable defense and sneaky offense but with his needling comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
The "chess" of Antigua and Barbuda is a mind sport, psyching out one's opponent is as critical as choosing one's next move.
From BBC ● May 3, 2021
But maybe Mercedes’ feeble mind still knew a thing or two about psyching out her opponent.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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