psych
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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
Their psych ward meet-cute isn't as romantic as it sounds — I promise.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2024
After unburdening herself from the bipolar diagnosis she had received as a child, she got off psych meds.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2024
Every time I would psych myself up and be like, “I have to show these people that I can do this and that perfect for this role.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
That night as I rode the train home, I had to try to psych myself up for working with Sam again for another three months.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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 Wilson, Ann
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
The Knicks are psyched about having support on the road.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 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
On the second, their voices seem less psyched, like they thought the explosions would be bigger, fly higher.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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
“He’s not thinking. We came in together and you can be worried about your future a little bit, what’s going to happen. You start psyching yourself out. I think he’s just playing free.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2021
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
