can't stand
Example Sentences
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I can’t stand all this plastic trash we elevate above the natural world.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
I should be grateful, but I can’t stand her anymore.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"It's as if I'm stuck in a time I can't get out of... It's the waiting game that I can't stand," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
"They keep taking things, I can't stand it," protests the person recording with their phone.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
Mom knows I can’t stand that he still calls me Swade, but she won’t say anything because she says it’s my place to tell him, not hers.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
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