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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

The announcement struck a raw nerve in a French public concerned about the disappearance of local jobs amid a flood of Asian imports, and triggered the departure of a number of brands.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

For human studies, the researchers hope to use noninvasive markers, which could provide information about nerve activity without requiring surgery or tissue removal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

The team used advanced three-dimensional analysis techniques known as stereology to examine the nerve cells.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

No way did I have the nerve for that.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 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

The nerves were obvious as there were misplaced passes, poor clearances and sloppy errors in a disjointed first half.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

This network of nerves automatically controls essential bodily functions, including heart rate, digestion, and blood pressure.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

I giggle despite my nerves, remembering my first impression of Aunt Melissa’s home in South of Somewhere.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

“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

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

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

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

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

He was, I concluded, nerving himself to meet the chances of his position with constancy and fortitude.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various