Earlier she had been playing without fear, for the rest of the miserable ten games she had to endure, she looked like a woman in a daze.

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Addressing media Thursday from a bed wheeled into a hospital conference center, Ms. Abbott was also clear-eyed about the challenges of rehabilitation and the pain she may endure along the way.

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Everyone, especially women will be sympathising and rooting for her - even if she has to endure more well-meaning, homely suggestions such as "eat more ginger".

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"There is a limit to what we humans can endure, " she said.

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Englert plays her character bold and able to make hard choices, not happy about it but willing to endure the sacrifices to help herself and those she loves.

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She imagined the wife watching Walter and herself aging, waiting to endure his death, aware that the solitude afterward would be enough of a compensation.

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In the Petionville camp, Spiranta kneads the patties she sells to make a living, reflecting on how much Haitians have to endure.

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She knows that many of the other 16 members of the euro zone are enduring and will endure a great deal of pain.

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She has cobbled together a coalition government that theoretically has a majority in parliament, but may not endure.

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Fighting back tears, she said that "no amount of money" could compensate her family for what they have had to endure.

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