adrenaline
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"I won't forget it, how I felt - it triggered in me the most horrendous adrenaline shock," says George, a founder director of a fintech startup company from Devon.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
When the body needs fuel between meals or during fasting, hormones such as adrenaline trigger the release of that stored energy.
From Science Daily • May 8, 2026
“I like the adrenaline you get as a goalie and the feeling that you’re helping your team out. Even when I got scored on, I didn’t let it get to me.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The actress plays an outdoors-loving adrenaline junkie harassed by a group of hunters in director Baltasar Kormákur’s spectacular, unsettling film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
I rose from the table, adrenaline pinching my calves to action, stopping long enough to hug him.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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