sit through
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Pro tip: If you’re watching on YouTube, take advantage of one of the multiview options to flip between stages without having to sit through as many commercials.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
This is hard to sit through for me, a father to two Arab toddlers.
From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026
And if he has to sit through commercials to watch “Survivor” on cable, he’ll move on.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
"If meeting the deadline is looking possible, people are prepared to sit through long hours - the longest I did was 24 hours," he recalls.
From BBC • Jul. 23, 2025
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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