as in creek
a natural body of running water smaller than a river
there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook
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as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
I will not brook insults from my own employees
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Recent Examples of brook
The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
In this way, the book’s plot recalls classic tropes of the Cold War: a cruel, power-hungry communist party-state, unwilling to brook any popular challenge to its authority, oppresses its people and provokes heroic resistance.
—Susan Greenhalgh and Xiying Wang, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
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Noun
The 41-acre wooded property includes a brook, stone terrace, tennis court, pool, spa, gardens, perennial paths, and park; Manhattan is 90 minutes away.
—The Week Staff, theweek, 8 Oct. 2024
Look east from the cemetery, to an adjacent field where cattle graze, birds sing and a brook babbles: This will become a 116-acre data center housing 2.2 million square feet of massive structures with concrete walls up to 70 feet high.
—Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
Verb
The colony’s superintendent at the time was not a man to brook any such insubordination.
—Adam Goodheart, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Sep. 2023
In this way, the book’s plot recalls classic tropes of the Cold War: a cruel, power-hungry communist party-state, unwilling to brook any popular challenge to its authority, oppresses its people and provokes heroic resistance.
—Susan Greenhalgh and Xiying Wang, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brook
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Recipes came from a tiny creek in the Appalachians and the rice terraces of Yunnan.Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024
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The nurses also provided some basic medical education, making sure that everyone in the area, long accustomed to being able to drink from their local creek, knew that the water was now contaminated because of the flooding.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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No amount of one-on-one or group sessions will work in environments that tolerate and/or implicitly reward bad behavior.Mitch Mitchell, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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If planting a tree on such a site, either improve the drainage first or plant a species that tolerates soggy soil.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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There was also plenty of high drama, like Rachel pausing and closing her eyes before standing on the wobbly platform for the last time.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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The average national rent in October stood at $2,009 a month, down slightly from September but still 3.3% higher than a year ago, according to real estate market site Zillow.Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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After enduring years of civil war, Syrians took to the streets to celebrate the sudden fall of Assad, both in their own country and in huge refugee communities that have grown across the Middle East and Europe.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
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The launch pad endured a lightning strike on April 27, but SpaceX said the rocket was healthy for the attempt.Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Dec. 2024
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If an insurer drops a provider from its network, patients may have to find a new clinician that accepts their insurance or pay up to tens of thousands of dollars a year out of pocket for the therapy.Annie Waldman, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024
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For many who reached the highest rungs of Hollywood’s biggest companies, the most humbling thing to accept is the loss of the perks that come with working for a network or studio.Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024
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The company takes Clover’s powerful architecture a step further with features competitors lack.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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That single-player mode takes about 25 hours to complete, and is a great way to get introduced to the game's mechanics.Jason Bennett, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2024
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According to The New York Times, the sale of the Carnegie Hill apartment is being handled by the couple’s children on behalf of Woodward, 94, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2007.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The financial services firm handles more than 49 million retirement accounts altogether.Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2024
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All nine children were born to Alma Wahlberg, who worked as a bank clerk and nurse’s aide, and Donald Wahlberg Sr., who was a delivery driver after serving in the Korean War.Charna Flam, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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The coach is known for dropping his own unpredictable messages, which include comparing the first day of training camp to the day he was born or quoting Scottish sailor Andrew Barton after the Chargers loss to the Kansas City Chiefs last week.Thuc Nhi Nguyen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Brook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brook. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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