put up with
Example Sentences
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As one insider put it, Cooper “wasn’t comfortable with the direction the show was taking under Bari, and is in a position where he doesn’t have to put up with it.”
From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026
“If you can still put up with me,” I said, “we can cruise the Sunset Strip and Hollywood Boulevard tonight.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
She said this was "because we know that for years people have had to put up with delays, cancellations, the frustration of standing on a platform on a Sunday and the train just never arriving".
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026
Is Dutch going to put up with a torpedo who can’t follow directions?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
At least there was only one of them in each grade, and since they never got kept back, you always had the same one to put up with.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
