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On the other hand, the Treasury’s willingness to countenance a weakened dollar and changing regulatory winds could spur bitcoin and its peers higher, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

When he speaks of Likho, he speaks with a tender cadence and dignified countenance, as if he were his own.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

But despite soundtracking 128 episodes worth of hormonal melodrama, Cole’s song most immediately evokes one image: the devilishly handsome, All-American countenance of the show’s star, James Van Der Beek.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2026

Over time, you can see that he has come to believe that the problems of the country need something more radical than either of the traditional big parties are prepared to countenance.

From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2026

Hope flickered, and despair succeeded distress in almost every countenance.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

Some of us, though, will be suspicious of anything that countenances the missing of even the smallest part of a film.

From The Guardian ● May 2, 2019

A dying figure, Agni, is surrounded by the countenances of mythic beings, including Mozart, Lewis Carroll, a witch, the Queen of the Night, Copernicus, Tristan and Isolde.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2016

It has something to do with the ambiguous gray of their coats, the deadpan dignity of their countenances, those skeptically raised eyebrows.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2015

There are entire generations of entertainers now walking around with peculiarly immobilized, sandblasted-looking cookie cutter countenances.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2014

Their countenances were so lifelike that sometimes he was sure they would leap out of their frames in the deep of night, flat hands grabbing, clothes rippling behind them in unseen winds.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

I’ve countenanced the strong plots because these books are so good.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“Catholics are not extremists,” he said, bristling at any suggestion that he would have countenanced targeting Americans because of the nature of their religious beliefs.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 20, 2023

It understood its sector — venture capitalists and technology start-ups — and made loans that national banks would never have countenanced.

From New York Times ● Apr. 1, 2023

Because it is outrageous that such a wealthy city has countenanced inhuman living conditions like this for years.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023

Despite the ominous tone, and my better instincts, I’d countenanced enough inmate misbehavior and disrespect to feel invigorated by the thought that this is where it all stops.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

But this flexibility with the case’s facts is one of many acts of distancing that aid in countenancing the unthinkable.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025

Even this court, though, can hopefully still be shamed from countenancing the worst abuses of power likely to come before them.

From Slate ● May 18, 2023

Even wise, cool heads, such as the French diplomatist Jean-Marie Guéhenno, are seriously countenancing the idea that a no-deal Brexit may be better than prolonging the agony.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019

At any rate, Rubio got flak from the right, which accused him of somehow countenancing illegal activity.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2015

Emma looked very dubious, and said, "I don't like our countenancing the thing in this way."

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad