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nerve

[nurv] / nɜrv /




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Congress over its growing business ties—with crypto companies, drone makers and a nuclear fusion company—Kushner’s development projects have managed to strike a nerve in the Balkans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Amyloid beta places additional stress on nerve cells, which leads to the formation of even more inactive GRK2.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

But if the MPs now signalling support for a split hold their nerve, the challenge could prove more consequential than early sceptics assume.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

The joke resonated because it touched a nerve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

He’d gotten as far as digging out an extra Shabbat candle and lighting it, but at the last minute lost his nerve.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny




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