bearable
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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
To make those rates bearable, credit funds structured some loans at the outset to let borrowers meet some interest obligations with noncash payments-in-kind.
From Barron's ● May 6, 2026
We’ve already been forced to figure out how to fight back, just to make each day bearable.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
The situation is particularly acute in the capital, Kyiv, where blackouts had, until late last year, largely been a bearable annoyance that residents could weather with power banks, candles and battery-powered torches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
It had been too hot to think, too hot to sleep, too hot to do anything except seek refuge anywhere you could find it, until the temperature ticked back down from intolerable to just bearable.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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Vocabulary from the Introduction to "Reality is Broken" by Jane McGonigal
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