intolerance

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The case drew widespread attention and revived concerns that the department had failed to root out a culture of intolerance that led to past scandals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

His blind sides—inability to understand the limits of Japan’s resources, intolerance of criticism, confidence in a German victory—led Japan to disaster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Coeliac disease is not an allergy or food intolerance.

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

Afghans who worked alongside US troops during almost two decades of war were once promised a home in the United States to shelter them from the extremist intolerance of the Taliban.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

For the past three weeks, we’ve done nothing but learn about intolerance and racism and Nazism and the Holocaust, and she never said one little peep about this.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman