brook
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But one insult residents won’t brook is someone who doesn’t have confidence in better days ahead for the city no matter how dire things may be.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
But because she’s telling the worst men what they want to hear, Stuckey has created space for herself to live out the usually male role of being the pompous bully who will brook no dissent.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025
“It’s like a movie set,” Bifano said, gesturing to the elegant barn, brook, bridges and all the plants that tie them together.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2025
A pedigree livestock farmer plans to take legal action against East Midlands Airport, claiming a leaking pipe polluted the brook that runs through his rented grazing land.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Far away from the orchard and the brook and that old tree, until Daddy would call, “Ida B! Time to come in!”
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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