put up with
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On Thursday, she was at the site and told the station temporary chain link fencing was being put up, with a more permanent fence being installed Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain."
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
"We're not going to put up with it, Canada isn't. We'll fight back," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026
Sadly, the circumstances of our birth also sentenced us to put up with picayune, ornery, solipsistic types like him.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
“So Theo has a great deal to put up with because of him.”
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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