can't abide
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"Two, I think, were allowed to retire. Only one received a written warning. We can't abide by that."
From BBC • May 6, 2026
And then there are the many authors who can’t abide working in a room of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“If you can’t abide by this structure, that’s the door.”
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023
But what I can’t abide is that she’s credited with a record when in two of those tournament victories she didn’t have to play a completed final, a fact that is seldom noticed or mentioned.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2021
As you know, I’m quite the jealous type, and I can’t abide her behavior.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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