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brooking

verb

present participle of brook

as in tolerating

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees

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Recent Examples of brooking But both men were ruthless in centralizing political control, brooking no dissent and crushing civil liberties, like free speech. — Peter Leyden, Big Think, 7 Oct. 2025

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The Steamfitters were staging protests outside the Pfizer site, accusing the MetroLoft — which employs a mix of union and nonunion contractors — of building on the cheap and tolerating unsafe work conditions.

— Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
Women who are actively seeking new employment show narrower pay gaps than those who stay, which means the ones tolerating the widest gaps are often trading fair pay for flexibility or job security.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of tolerating

Verb

What makes the deceptively simple Negroni one of the world’s most enduring classic cocktails?

— Mark Littler, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Keegan later moved into management, revitalizing Newcastle United and taking the club to ⁠the brink of the Premier League title in the mid-1990s before enduring a more difficult spell as England manager.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of enduring

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Piedmont Park Arts Festival This long-standing arts festival brings out more than 250 sculptors, painters, leatherworkers, glass blowers, jewelers and more.

— Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
The effort also targets a long-standing weakness in the domestic industrial base, where defense officials have repeatedly identified precision cast components as a production bottleneck for military propulsion programs.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 July 2026

Definition of standing

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The demonstration highlights how humanoids could take over repetitive material-handling tasks while fitting into existing industrial workflows.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 July 2026
And the two meteorologists working that night were handling multiple incidents at once.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 27 July 2026

Definition of handling

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According to reports in France and Spain, however, Torres has been convinced to join former La Roja boss Luis Enrique at the Parc des Princes while on the brink of accepting PSG’s proposal due to feeling undervalued by Hansi Flick.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
But baby boomers aren’t as accepting of the reality as others, according to social media posts on the subject.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of accepting

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In the Madrid region alone, 6,000 hectares (23 square miles) burnt overnight, taking the total area scorched in that region to 34,000 hectares (131 square miles) in just the last few days, Ayuso said.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
There's Volta, a sheltered offering that wraps around the lobby, and Parostia (taking its name from the stone oven of traditional Parian houses), sandwiched between the pool area and the beach.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of taking

Verb

The pilot plant is intended to close the technical gap between mining antimony-bearing ore and producing material suitable for defense applications.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
Seven ramekins come on a platter bearing beets with tehina, a puree of greens called olesh, cannellini beans and corn, cabbage with sumac onions, eggplant, Yemenite pickles and chershi, a butternut squash spread.

— Connie Ogle July 31, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of bearing

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The company pointed to research from the UK AI Security Institute showing that advanced models are increasingly capable of sustaining complex, multi-step cyber operations over extended periods.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
It is found in building the enduring capacity of leaders and teams to adapt while sustaining performance.

— Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of sustaining

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