intolerable
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His comment came a day after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the activists' treatment "intolerable" and demanded an apology by Israel.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has become a prominent figure in peace talks, said the status quo was "intolerable for America."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
Across more than 400 pages, the report describes how the NHS faced intolerable pressure as it faced wave after wave of Covid.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026
Provided that crude prices don’t rise much further, inflation is unlikely to reach levels the BOJ would find intolerable, he said in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
But let us come to the second instance, when a private citizen becomes prince of his native city not through wickedness or any other intolerable violence, but with the favour of his fellow citizens.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
Vocabulary lists containing intolerable
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