intolerable
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“Evidence of pervasive racial disparities in the administration of the death penalty could show that California’s capital punishment system gives rise to a constitutionally intolerable risk of arbitrariness.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Redress said Johal's release from prison could not undo "the intolerable suffering caused by nine years of arbitrary detention".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Life was an onslaught of bright lights, loud noises, intolerable textures and tastes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Under these circumstances, even Israelis who have grudgingly accepted draft exemptions for haredi men now regard this policy as morally intolerable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
But somehow, over these last months, Laila and Aziza—a harami like herself, as it turned out—had become extensions of her, and now, without them, the life Mariam had tolerated for so long suddenly seemed intolerable.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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