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tolerate

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Wild or stealth camping—just parking anywhere and sleeping in your van—is officially illegal in most of Europe, but often the locals will tolerate it if you aren’t loud and respect others.

The leagues have gone beyond just tolerating gambling; they’ve made partnership and sponsorship deals with the major sports gambling companies.

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"In this way, we are sending a signal to Belarus and saying that no hybrid attack will be tolerated here, and we will take all the strictest measures to stop such attacks," she said.

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The same country that offered sanctuary to Jews fleeing czarist pogroms and Nazi terror now tolerates open Jew-hatred in its streets.

The best they can hope for, in all likelihood, is someone backed enthusiastically by some and tolerated by others.

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

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