nerve
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Located in Albany near the Canadian border, the New York State Capitol is the nerve center of the state government and contains both houses of the state's legislature.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
He obviously hit a nerve, which revealed there was, in fact, a story there waiting to be told.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Roberts said Wednesday that the results suggested the injury was more muscular, rather than nerve related.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Carmen swallowed hard but didn’t lose her nerve.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
Asked if he had any nerves or reservations about the prospect of climbing Africa's highest peak, standing at an impressive 5,895 metres, Albie-Junior simply said: "No."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 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
“My nerves motivated me, but then they turned around and paralyzed me,” she wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Other research suggests that cancer cells may move along nerves as they leave the original tumor and metastasize.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
He shook his hands to get rid of his nerves.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
“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
A.F.T. has 450 locals, including 32 at college level, but only about 50 are nerved to act like labor unions and clinch collective bargaining agreements.
From Time Magazine Archive
Fear lest he depart while she sat trembling upstairs nerved her and she was inside the room before she caught her breath.
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
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
Amateur championships nerving himself up to proper pitch.
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
Jan stopped; he seemed to be nerving himself to go on with his narration.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
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