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long-suffering

adjective as in patient

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Botswana’s governing party - in power for almost six decades - is trying to pull off a trick in Wednesday’s general election by using a phrase normally associated with long-suffering opposition groups.

From BBC

As the long-suffering spouse of The Donald, she has taken a stand.

Given the prevalence of back pain in at least some of their long-suffering descendants, perhaps it’s appropriate that with the first vertebrates on Earth came the first painkillers on Earth.

From Salon

At the outset, he’s attempting to manage a period of significant stress, struggling to hold together his family, including his troubled daughter and long-suffering wife.

While the videos are free marketing and often look and sound satisfying, he said, they sometimes give a false narrative of “miracle cures,” especially for long-suffering patients who may have exhausted all other options.

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