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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /


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Defeat on Sunday would consign Rangers to their first third-placed finish since 2018.

From BBC May 5, 2026

“Athena helps us incentivize them to consign again and we can move things quicker and do it more accurately.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 21, 2026

In March of last year, eight months after Schneider had already agreed to consign his witch’s hat to Heritage, Shaw announced that he planned to sell the slippers at auction through Heritage.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 28, 2025

This isn’t to consign Richman to pop’s deep bin of one-hit wonders.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2024

That He just proposed to sit up there and consign us to hardships one right after another?

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Instead the two become friends, and Cora consigns the fling to the realm of her imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

It consigns out-of-form Fakhar Zaman to the bench at least in the short term, while also adding strength to the batting lineup that is so dependent on Babar and Mohammed Rizwan.

From Seattle Times Oct. 13, 2023

It consigns out-of-form Fakhar Zaman to the bench at least in the short term, while also adding strength to the batting lineup that is so dependent on captain Babar Azam and Mohammed Rizwan.

From Washington Times Oct. 13, 2023

"We will not give up... the alternative consigns us to a watery grave," Bahamas Prime Minister Philip Davies said.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2022

Truth talked and not lived, rolls on the human heart a stone; consigns sensibility to the charnel-house of sen- suality, ease, self-love, self-justification, there to moulder and rot.

From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Eddy, Mary Baker

Zverev insists he has consigned those previous experiences to the past.

From BBC Jun. 6, 2026

“Yet here is this singular brilliance, consigned to a small span of years. He places the two side by side in the scales.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 30, 2026

The decision consigned women's football to park pitches and small venues for half a century before the decision was overturned in 1971.

From BBC Apr. 18, 2026

Stannis Baratheon stood grim-faced by the funeral pyre as the lad’s body was consigned to the flames.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Mr. Booker, then Newark’s mayor, responded with a viral tweet “banning” Mr. O’Brien from Newark airport and consigning him to JFK instead.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

The landscape is particularly difficult for first-time buyers, consigning many to the used car market, Drury said.

From Barron's Jan. 7, 2026

Clarke acknowledged the questionable morality of such a project, consigning these explorers to an “onerous and uncertain future.”

From Slate Dec. 9, 2025

The turning of the scrum screw late on switched the teams’ tracks in the 2023 semi-final, consigning England to defeat and advancing South Africa to the final.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2024

I believe that justice demands that you reject the testimony of these men, consigning their stories to the area of deep doubt.

From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers




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