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tolerate

[tol-uh-rayt] / ˈtɒl əˌreɪt /


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Mathias Clasen, the author of A Very Nervous Person’s Guide to Horror Movies, explains how jumpscares work, and how you can learn to love them—or at least tolerate them.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

"I will not tolerate such behaviour in my party."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

In the San Diego forecast area, which also includes Orange County and most of the Inland Empire, cloud cover also willincrease, resulting in cooler temperatures that will make the humidity easier to tolerate, Zuber said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

"Superfluid helium is what is known as a quantum fluid, in which the individual helium atoms lose their identity, and which does not tolerate any impurities within it."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

“I’ll speak to Cook about bringing on some additional help. Please say you’ll try to tolerate the new servants, Mother. No dismissing anyone without talking to me, okay?”

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland

Justice John Marshall Harlan was the only dissenter: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026

Building a resilient portfolio that tolerates inflation is a good start.

From Barron's ● Mar. 18, 2026

They are asking for individualized exceptions to a rule the law already tolerates.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

MIT engineers have created a new aluminum alloy that can be 3D printed, tolerates extreme heat, and reaches strength levels far beyond conventional aluminum.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 29, 2025

And for her part, she tolerates him better than she does any of the rest of us, even breaking off some of her bread to give him at lunchtime.

From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell

Hayley Lugos said that she’s happy to see the video go viral, noting that she hopes it spreads a message that racism will not be tolerated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Such behavior should not be tolerated in the civilized world," Presidential Office spokeswoman Karen Kuo said in a statement, thanking US judicial authorities for "their assistance and protection of our citizens."

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

Catherine of Aragon was not a passive victim who tolerated Henry’s abandonment of her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The drug was generally well tolerated, and the critically ill patients in the trial lived longer than patients receiving standard treatments.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026

My grandfather, whom everyone called a saint, pampered her in everything and tolerated her willfulness, so that the saying among the family was that Papito was so good, "he pees holy water."

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

But just remember, tolerating a little heat is always part of owning stocks.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

In a nation fed up with leaders seen as tolerating or colluding with organized crime, Manzo, 40, stood out.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026

While her affection for Kermit is true, the great joke of their affair is that he’s often portrayed as tolerating her instead of providing the full worship she demands – nay, deserves.

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026

Off-the-field incidents involving a number, external of , externalplayers, external who subsequently remained on the team, has also tested belief in the All Blacks' famed policy of not tolerating poor behaviour.

From BBC ● Jan. 15, 2026

It wasn’t easy tolerating him talking this way to her, to bear his scorn, his ridicule, his insults, his walking past her like she was nothing but a house cat.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini




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