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I also saw this same dynamic when working on a hospital psych unit as a counselor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Other acts to receive money from the first pot from the FAC's UK Artist Touring Fund include Southampton rapper VIC, London soul singer Ego Ella May, and Manchester psych noise group Wax Head.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“The Housemaid” initially appears to have those trappings, slowly revealing that Nina is on a steady cocktail of antipsychotics after a trip to the psych ward.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

We watch him psych himself up in front of the mirror and even do his own lip injections — all while rocking out to Christian Castro’s “No podrás.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2024

It's like this monkey experiment Carla read about in her clinical psych class.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

This is a woman who psychs herself up in the mirror and raps to herself, in order to ...

From Slate ● Aug. 30, 2017

“He’s like Muhammad Ali, he psychs out all the other horses,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2017

Before trials, he psychs himself up by yelling “Showtime!,” in a nod to “All That Jazz.”

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2015

You can also designate a "Fit Song," so at the touch of a button you hear the tune that always psychs you up to go all out.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 7, 2012

If the psychs were right, he's fixated on you, now.

From Youngling A Terran Empire story by Ann Wilson

Netflix is so psyched about generative software that it’s spent the year acquiring an A.I. production studio, launching a different studio for A.I.-animated shorts, and re-creating Gene Wilder’s voice for a Willy Wonka–themed game show.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

"I picked up the hammer, stuck on Frankie goes to Hollywood's Two Tribes, got myself psyched up and went outside."

From BBC ● May 2, 2026

I psyched myself up to argue and dialed the customer service number on the back of the bill.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2026

To me, Jann is a guy that got a lot of people psyched to link arms and write about music at a time when nobody had a place to really do it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

I’m usually psyched when we have a day off, especially when it falls on a Friday, but this feels so very wrong.

From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper

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

“When I look at a combination of attributes of a player, I think Micah has no problem psyching himself up to a rage,” Jones said.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 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

I know I have to go inside, and I will go inside, but I’m still psyching myself.

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner