put up with
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“The trade-off is that while you get the recognition, you also have to put up with the periods of rejection,” he says.
“I think the real question is whether local grid operators, consumers and households are going to put up with price spikes. Data centers are able to pay the high rates, and then they effectively bid the price up even further, while consumers are paying large amounts for their air conditioning across the U.S.,”
From Salon
He said: "Not a day goes by where I don't question why. Why would he do that to her? All my mum ever did was love Tristan, she looked after him and put up with way more than anyone ever should have, but that was my mum – she would do anything for us, anything for him, she's the only person that's ever done anything and everything for Tristan his whole life and he's the one who's took her from us all."
From BBC
“Could I put up with 10 hours of pain and get a laptop?”
“They won’t put up with that man for long.”
From Literature
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