pain threshold
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The pain threshold seems to have been passed already.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
While acknowledging that wars have their own dynamics and emphasizing that his view is low conviction as a consequence, Papic opines that Iran’s pain threshold is lower than markets and commentators imagine.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
And the White House now wants to communicate it has a high pain threshold for short-term economic and market disruption.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2025
“My pain threshold is very high,” he tells Isaacson.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2023
Instead, the agency explained that "everyone's pain threshold is different" and the breast cancer-screening procedure is more often described as "temporary discomfort."
From Salon • Jul. 21, 2023
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