Bear
Bear verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: I can't bear the thought of losing another loved one
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- It gets worse: she is amongst the last, if not the last, of her species/people (or at least the last who can bear children), and the whole race will die if you refuse.
Source: Only You Can Repopulate My Race - Which happens to be letting said rabbit disguise itself as a cub, and then going around doing flagrantly criminal things, while people refuse to stop him for fear of angering what they thing is a protective mother bear.
Source: Mama Bear / Web Comics -
However, when Alex accidentally kills his brother Josh, his parents cannot bear to lose him too, and refuse to sacrifice him.
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