put up with
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“A small group is trying to tell us that transitions are slow,” he said, “that you have to be patient, that this is all there is and that we have to put up with it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
It’s a story, in other words, about how much we will put up with.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
"If you have a migraine attack and you put up with it and then you have another one and put up with it, your brain actually gets more irritable," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 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
At least there was only one of them in each grade, and since they never got kept back, you always had the same one to put up with.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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