intolerable
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Iran's parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who has become a prominent figure in peace talks, said the status quo was "intolerable for America."
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
He does not merely mourn his friend; he confronts, for the first time, the intolerable knowledge of his own extinction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
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
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
Private gatherings such as this were not held very often—only when the idea of defeat became not only unthinkable but intolerable.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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