intolerable

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Meta attorney Phyllis Jones showed jurors Instagram posts, text messages and ephemera from her high school years in which Kaley portrayed her home life as intolerable.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

When do competitively priced imports become an intolerable dependency?

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

The National Association for Gun Rights decried Pirro’s warning as “unacceptable and intolerable comments by a sitting US attorney.”

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2026

Sir Ross's report said HM Coastguard in Dover was placed in an "intolerable position", with chronic staff shortages and limited capacity leaving them unable to rescue victims.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

Why should one feel it to be intolerable unless one had some kind of ancestral memory that things had once been different?

From "1984" by George Orwell