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bearable

[bair-uh-buhl] / ˈbɛər ə bəl /


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There has also been a surge of online advice on how to make time in shelters more bearable.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The pressures of life, which in that moment felt unbearable, proved bearable.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

It took time to trust the technology, but once I did, driving became bearable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

For Emma death was bearable because there was an afterlife.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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