as in countenanced
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as in tolerated
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I will not brook insults from my own employees
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In Monday's announcement, the ministry said that companies or individuals in third countries are prohibited from transferring dual-use items from China to the sanctioned American firms.
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The Treasury Department recently fined a company that was co-owned by Sobachevskiy hundreds of millions of dollars for managing a different investment on behalf of a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
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Violence against law enforcement will not be tolerated.
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Six years later, an ostensibly secret but broadly tolerated Remonstrant church was established in Delft.
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If cynicism has become not only condoned but essential, how are we supposed to know when to roll our eyes and when to actually become concerned?
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For those who have endured it, the lottery curse is more akin to spending a few weeks of your life in celebrity hell.
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On Thursday, as the UK endured its hottest June temperature on record, CNN visited the quarry where Dylan drowned, with his mom, Beckie Ramsay.
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When a leader is responsible for too many people, employees can start to feel less seen, less supported and less guided.
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The company instead accepted a $111-billion takeover by Paramount Skydance, which was approved by the Justice Department earlier this month.
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Repairs are accepted at any licensed shop nationwide, including facilities certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE-certified).
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Qualifying for European football as a promoted side?
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In the following two years, officials project thousands of additional job reductions in a workforce that this year stood at 83,000.
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Mother stood apart from other vegetarian and vegan places in that Venditti only used whole ingredients, no alt foods.
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“Brooked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brooked. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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