tolerate
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Adding grog improves the durability of a vessel and helps it tolerate the intense heat of firing and cooking.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
Most of the time we tolerate limited liability because mass torts are rare and we don’t know they’re going to happen in advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
While passports have security features such as watermarks and electronic ID chips, Porter says, "we tolerate a £10 number plate with no security mechanism on it".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
In the San Diego forecast area, which also includes Orange County and most of the Inland Empire, cloud cover also willincrease, resulting in cooler temperatures that will make the humidity easier to tolerate, Zuber said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Acting Commander couldn’t tolerate that tone, not on his first day.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Justice John Marshall Harlan was the only dissenter: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
But a court that tolerates such defiance eventually forfeits the right to demand obedience.
From Slate ● Apr. 23, 2026
Building a resilient portfolio that tolerates inflation is a good start.
From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026
MIT engineers have created a new aluminum alloy that can be 3D printed, tolerates extreme heat, and reaches strength levels far beyond conventional aluminum.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025
The subsidiary reason is that the Party member, like the proletarian, tolerates present-day conditions partly because he has no standards of comparison.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Hayley Lugos said that she’s happy to see the video go viral, noting that she hopes it spreads a message that racism will not be tolerated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
"Such behavior should not be tolerated in the civilized world," Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo said in a statement, thanking US judicial authorities for "their assistance and protection of our citizens."
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Companies tolerated these intrusions because the finances of their businesses were still good enough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
While the Malaysian navy and coastguard have long tried to block Rohingya boats from landing in Malaysia, many gotten in via other routes, and for a long time were tolerated.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“Certainly, my best. And I was quite right: depend on that: there are a thousand reasons why liaisons between governesses and tutors should never be tolerated a moment in any well-regulated house; firstly—”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The RPF has a reputation for not tolerating any dissent, and talking about ethnicity is not encouraged.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien's clip went viral and triggered a backlash that led to his arrest in Singapore, which has a reputation for not tolerating bad behaviour.
From Barron's ● Apr. 29, 2026
That could lead to the RBA tolerating a recession in order to contain inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
But her raucous Georgie made me wonder why this solitary older gentleman was tolerating her intrusive madness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Though he was sometimes forward and forceful with some of his neighbors, he mostly operated as if the town were just barely tolerating our presence.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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