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intolerable

[in-tol-er-uh-buhl] / ɪnˈtɒl ər ə bəl /


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The mere risk of discrimination was intolerable to the Furman court.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

His comment came a day after Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the activists' treatment "intolerable" and demanded an apology by Israel.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America, while we have not even begun yet.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

She is also haunted by a secret from her student days and angry about “the intolerable limitations of womanhood.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

It is “almost intolerable for me at home,” he writes to their sister Wil in March 1887.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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