patience
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I know what happens when you apply butter and patience to good vegetables.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Zabihullah Mujahid, the government's chief spokesman, said this month that the authorities were laying the "foundations of the economy" and that patience was needed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
He continues to have no patience for cool, careful argumentation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Restoration would “require deep patience to return them. You can’t go back in time. 21st century California is not the California of the 19th century.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
She snatched the phone out of his hand and hung it up, losing patience.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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