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bearable

[bair-uh-buhl] / ˈbɛər ə bəl /


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To make those rates bearable, credit funds structured some loans at the outset to let borrowers meet some interest obligations with noncash payments-in-kind.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

We’ve already been forced to figure out how to fight back, just to make each day bearable.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

On his decision to confess, he said he prayed the consequences would be "bearable to the people who I've said sorry to" and that his justice in the law would be "deserved".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

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

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

He could help them, which makes pain bearable.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff




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