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Puritan colonists in Massachusetts did the same, fining "whosoever shall be found observing Christmas or the like, either by forbearing of labor, feasting, or any other way."

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2022

She had a contract to write a “cheerful dinner-party cookbook” but instead handed her forbearing editors “The Year of Miracles,” a luminous memoir about grieving, renewal and the twin consolations of friendship and cooking.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 2022

Yet “Pride” powerfully complicates his persona, and hints what should have been obvious all along: that Pride has always been as savvy and knowing as he’s been forbearing.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 22, 2019

The saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell is a founder of the association, and one of its most graceful, forbearing composers.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2017

Vasudeva was also silent and waited, friendly, understanding, forbearing.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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