put up with
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Players get annoyed, but they put up with it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Dame Prue said: "You come into your own, you don't care what people think, you're not going to change. And so the world has to just put up with it."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“I wish I could blame the fact that no woman can put up with me on the Israel-Palestine conflict, but I don’t think that’s the issue.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"There's nothing we can do about it... We'll just have to put up with it for 10 days," he sighed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
Why would anyone want to put up with all my problems?
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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