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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While revenue stood at $5.2 billion, up 15% compared to last year, net income came in at $1.63 billion up 1.7% year-over-year.Trefis Team, Forbes, 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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Notifications come through swiftly and include a still image, video quality is excellent, even at night, and the indoor hub takes a microSD card and doubles as a chime.Simon Hill, WIRED, 15 Dec. 2024
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The system that flawlessly handled 1,000 daily requests crashed when usage jumped to 100,000 requests after a successful product launch.Sai Arava, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Therefore the decision to designate Christmas Eve as a holiday rests solely on the president, with each handling it differently.Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Researchers are unsure of the exact causes, but certain risk factors, like being born female or having a family history of PBC, increase your odds of developing it.Mark Gurarie, Health, 13 Dec. 2024
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The couple's first child, Spurgeon, was born in November 2015, followed by Henry in February 2017.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Brook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brook. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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