Word: forbearance
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...fishermen: "forbear swearing, lest [you] be heard and catch no fish...
During the flight, the "King" could not forbear slowing down occasionally to acknowledge the continued cheers of his people. At the gates, the cops grabbed the lot of them-all Louvain University students who had borrowed their fathers' automobiles to stage the royal visit...
...shall they hear if the preacher forbear...
...Washington's swank Mayflower Hotel last week, the ceremonious bestowal was made by Soviet Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko to Secretary Hull, since all the heroes were still away on war business. Ambassador Gromyko, beaming and affable, could not forbear pointing out once more that "my country still carries the main burden of military efforts and sacrifices." He sugared this pill by prophesying that Russia's allies would have a large share in the final victory...
...Senators on both sides of the aisle, Whence comes the offense? How long shall we endure, how long shall we be patient, how long shall we forbear to assert our self-respect, to demand our rights as men and Americans, and to find our place in the sun of this our blessed land...