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But Liam Dawson held his nerve to hit the winning runs with a six over mid-wicket, sealing victory with two balls to spare.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Among the brand’s options is a zero-proof Negroni containing lion’s mane, a mushroom said to promote brain and nerve health.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Astrocytes provide nerve cells with nutrients, help control blood flow, and support the overall health of brain tissue.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026

Authorities and experts agree that the Forest City operations were probably staffed by criminals who had been driven out of Cambodia, a global nerve centre for transnational scams.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The nerve cell, or neuron, is a living, one-way wire with switches at both ends.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

"We believe that the nerves are immunosuppressive, so if we can stop the nerves from growing in the first place, maybe we can boost the immune response to help fight the cancer."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Instead of focusing only on destroying cancer cells, future therapies might interrupt the signaling between macrophages and the nerves that appear to support tumor growth.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026

Some said they did have side effects, with one feeling tired and a bit queasy "almost like nerves" when he first started but adding he felt that was worth it for the results he saw.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

I remember being very nervous beforehand, but she made it very easy for our nerves to go away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Sidling up to the chuckling boys, I swallowed my nerves and locked eyes with Ethan.

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

“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

For weeks Washington had been on the alert for the Vinson report, nerved itself this week to hear the report go off, dynamiting the profiteers of World War II.

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

Mrs. Timberlake turned slowly toward her, and Caroline was aware of a spasmodic stiffening of her figure, as if she were nerving herself for an outburst.

From The Builders by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow