consigned

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“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

Raul Garcia's superb 90th-minute strike consigned leaders Real Madrid to a 2-1 defeat at Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday, in a blow to their title hopes.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“Both souls will be consigned to the Fields of Asphodel. I’m sorry, Hazel Levesque. You could have been a hero.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan