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In 2022, the party became engulfed by claims of a toxic culture, culminating in a report by Evans that said it had tolerated "too many instances of bad behaviour".

From BBC • May 30, 2025

Cárdenas and Padilla had tolerated Martinez’s brusqueness because she was one of them, even as underlings warned that she would eventually embarrass the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

The sentence was viewed as a message to Illinois voters and politicians who had tolerated corruption for decades.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

The department portrayed Doggrell’s case as an aberration, even though it had tolerated his ideology for years.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2019

Once Kapugen had told her that some wolves had tolerated a lone wolf until the day he stole meat from the pups.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George