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bearable

[bair-uh-buhl] / ˈbɛər ə bəl /


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But don’t let the relatable career-girl pluck of the movie dilute the fact that this song is pissed off about capitalism, even as its hooks make the grind of working life more bearable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026

Most die, and his job, in those cases, is to make that death as bearable as possible.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

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

Does it make tragedy more bearable to believe that we ourselves had no hand in it, that we couldn’t have prevented it?

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon


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