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bearable

[bair-uh-buhl] / ˈbɛər ə bəl /


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There has also been a surge of online advice on how to make time in shelters more bearable.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

The chair would make life’s unavoidable irritants that much more bearable.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

The pressures of life, which in that moment felt unbearable, proved bearable.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

Like many she has invested in power banks to make life more bearable:

From BBC • Dec. 16, 2025

If I had no knowledge that he had ever existed, no evidence that he was ever a part of our lives, it might have been bearable.

From "The Book of Unknown Americans" by Cristina Henríquez