tolerate
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They also highlighted an additional 24 planets within a more restrictive 3D habitable zone, based on tighter assumptions about how much heat a planet can tolerate before becoming uninhabitable.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2026
“This government will not tolerate any company exploiting this crisis,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
In some instances players can sympathise with the reasoning while refusing to tolerate discourtesy.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
“Shifting characters is not a hurdle while I write, but once I am done, I do think to myself: will people be able to tolerate so many characters and switching?”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
But Gran didn’t tolerate ideas like evolution or the big bang theory, despite the evidence.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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