supportable

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It was felt that because Gabriel pushed with his head rather than struck - he did not pull his head back first and create space before driving it forward - a yellow card was supportable.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

That claim is more supportable than the thesis Mr. Scheiber draws from it, namely the college-educated working class is becoming a dynamic force for progressive social change.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The court will have to search for a solution that is legally supportable, broadly acceptable to the public and minimally injurious to the court’s diminished public standing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

“We would be concerned about any supportable allegation of wrongdoing, whatever the source,” Powell wrote.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

From a paper which he had placed in his hat it became known that “las de la vie, et trahi par les derni�res facult�s qui la lui rendaient supportable, il avait r�solu de s’en d�faire.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various