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as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I don't know how you can stand that job
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as in to be
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes
if the city's baseball team wins today, they will stand first in the league
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Recent Examples of stand
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Deep in the 531,148-acre Nantahala National Forest stands a towering and twisted hemlock that appears to be dead, but is very much alive on the inside with a colony of bats.
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Mark Price
june 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2026
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
As the search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom, Nancy Guthrie, stretches towards the five-month mark, the Today show star is taking a firm stand against social media stars making content about her family’s tragedy.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
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Verb
Trees that remain standing lose their leaves and big limbs, and that trauma shows in their rings.
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Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Deep in the 531,148-acre Nantahala National Forest stands a towering and twisted hemlock that appears to be dead, but is very much alive on the inside with a colony of bats.
—
Mark Price
june 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2026
Noun
Last weekend, the Lake County Search and Rescue team opened a lemonade stand to educate Coloradans about summer recreation preparedness.
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Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
25 June 2026
As the search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mom, Nancy Guthrie, stretches towards the five-month mark, the Today show star is taking a firm stand against social media stars making content about her family’s tragedy.
—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
25 June 2026
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Housing sits at the center of that strategy.
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With the completion of a multi-year effort to modernize Baltimore’s rail infrastructure — raising bridges, modifying overpasses and expanding the Howard Street Tunnel to accommodate double-stack container trains — Baltimore once again sits at the center of a national rail breakthrough.
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This is because many people tolerate the early dose reductions fairly well but struggle more near the end of the taper because the brain becomes increasingly sensitive to serotonin changes at lower doses.
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Six years later, an ostensibly secret but broadly tolerated Remonstrant church was established in Delft.
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Yet despite those struggles, South Africa, one of Africa’s leading industrial economies, remains a destination for migrants willing to take low-paying jobs in domestic work, security and agriculture.
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Democrats say the Republican plan would hurt low- and middle-income Georgians, who would end up paying more in taxes.
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There were kids battling adults of the same age as their parents.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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Likewise, the fight for third through 10th seems to be bringing the most action lately, with several drivers and teams vying for that last step on the podium and solid championship points.
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In an emotional moment, Derek, who was strapped into the device, stood and walked to the podium to give his speech, according to Raddatz's book.
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Is she preoccupied by what she’s already lost — or by how much fighting lies ahead?
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The significance of the patent lies less in the engine itself and more in how power moves through the vehicle.
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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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In France, which endured its hottest day on record Wednesday, at least 55 people — most of them young— drowned over the last 10 days, according to a goverment official.
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The United States and Iran have agreed to meet in Doha, Qatar, on Tuesday for further discussions, according to another US official.
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Sources told Axios that both sides agreed to halt attacks on each other and meet in Qatar on Tuesday to resolve differences over the Strait of Hormuz.
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“Stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stand. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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