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Since taking power, Syria's new leaders have sought to break from their own radical Islamist past and present a moderate image more tolerable to ordinary Syrians and foreign powers.

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Unless ocean temperatures return to more tolerable levels, bleached corals simply cannot recover and eventually die of starvation.

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Metsera’s oral peptide, which is entering human testing, may be more effective and more tolerable.

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When the world feels chaotic, a story — however false — that names culprits and draws lines of causality can feel more tolerable than the admission that many things are beyond our control.

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“It became uncomfortable, but it was tolerable, right?”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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