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By mounting a legal challenge to the First Group's bid for the West Coast franchise, which he considered insupportably risky, Sir Richard Branson may have begun the unravelling of the whole franchising process.

From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012

Critics of the monarchy counter that the cost of the institution is insupportably high, entrenching traditions that favor the country's elite.

From Time • Apr. 29, 2011

However, the abundance of cases like Kenny's tells us that the number of lives like his that have been ruined may in fact be insupportably high.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2011

When the climate grew insupportably dry, the already civilized Egyptians took refuge in the Nile Valley, and the sands of the Sahara swept over their former home.

From Time Magazine Archive

Supper was brought; no one cared to eat it; and the evening began to drag along heavily, insupportably, and as silent as if all were listening to what the clock was whispering.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk