sit through
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Few grandchildren will sit through an unorganized two-hour tape.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
What’s tiresome is that in learning about them we have to sit through a one-sided lecture of the usual dreary sort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
The next time I sit through another auditory gauntlet on the number 29, I will keep that in mind.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The weather has already had an impact: France was forced to sit through a two-hour storm delay during its group-phase match against Iraq.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
We had to sit through the other performers, but finally it was time for the five brothers to return, and Diana Ross introduced them: The Jackson Five.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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