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In some instances players can sympathise with the reasoning while refusing to tolerate discourtesy.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Residents Connie Marshall and Marie Notarantonio were union members who went on strike in the 1970s, so sympathise with bin workers, but still want the strike to end.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

Trump added: "If that goes in it would have been a completely different game and he would've been 4-3 up, so I can sympathise."

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

"Given the events of the last few weeks, I suspect many of you would sympathise if I had said "anything but chancellor"," she joked with the audience.

From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025

I desire the company of a man who could sympathise with me, whose eyes would reply to mine.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley