intolerably
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Before he took office, Colby wrote in a 2024 opinion piece in the Taipei Times that America has a strong interest in defending Taiwan but can’t do so if the cost becomes intolerably high.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
In Canada, people with a disability can have an assisted death, provided they feel they are suffering intolerably and their condition cannot be reversed.
From BBC • May 7, 2024
If all this sounds intolerably retro, pay closer attention.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023
I had been OK with these odds for my patients, but at this moment they seemed intolerably risky for my own liking.
From Slate • Nov. 26, 2023
It recalls me intolerably to those final days in Canaan.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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