tolerate
Example Sentences
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But he got the feeling the Pinks tolerated him for that very same reason.
From Literature
With the writer’s blessing he jotted down their conversations and interviewed his friends and associates; McMurtry tolerated these intrusions “as long as he could pretend I wasn’t writing a book,” Mr. Streitfeld tells us.
Serious side effects were reported at similar rates in both groups, indicating that the treatment was generally well tolerated.
From Science Daily
That could lead to the RBA tolerating a recession in order to contain inflation.
“We’re not going to tolerate this kind of corruption in California.”
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