supportable
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It was felt that because Gabriel pushed with his head rather than struck - he did not pull his head back first and create space before driving it forward - a yellow card was supportable.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
That claim is more supportable than the thesis Mr. Scheiber draws from it, namely the college-educated working class is becoming a dynamic force for progressive social change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
“We would be concerned about any supportable allegation of wrongdoing, whatever the source,” Powell wrote.
From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022
"There's some potential a voter who may find him supportable may have already contributed some money on the basis of the information they had at that point," Hedtler-Gaudette said.
From Salon • May 20, 2022
After the life I had led at Basra, I thought it better to leave that place, for it seemed to me my misery would be more supportable among strangers.
From The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' by Pardoe, Julia
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