brook

[ US /ˈbɹʊk/ ]
[ UK /bɹˈʊk/ ]

NOUN

a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)
the creek dried up every summer

VERB

put up with something or somebody unpleasant
he learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
I cannot bear his constant criticism

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So it's a little more than passing strange that Mr. Brooks clucks about Mr. Obama's "über-partisan budget" when, given the last few weeks of shrieking and wailing from the Republicans about socialism and communism, he's been the voice of moderation in the room. Moderately Shocked
On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
I befriended a couple of the kids, and together we built a raft that we would row down the Dodder as far as the great waterfall in Donnybrook.
From up stream came the babble of the brook like dainty laughter.
Driving from Brooklyn to Oregon next week; What weird should I espy? Boing Boing
Wellbrook was a chunky, solid man in his fifties with big bushy eyebrows. LET NOT THE DEEP
Brooklyn itself was fine but calling 278 an expressway is a laugh. First we take Manhattan, then we..well...we go to Brooklyn.
Brooks found the use of the word terminate very unsettling. Act of Treason
The waiting was tedious, and having been long denied, the amative element could not brook further delay. THE SCORN OF WOMEN
He has also worked with symphonies and chamber groups from the Brooklyn Philharmonic to Zurich's Ensemble Fur Neue Musik.