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consign

[kuhn-sahyn] / kənˈsaɪn /


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Never mind the state’s environmental laws that consign building projects to purgatory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 8, 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

To consign Ahmed only to tours of Asia as a second or third spinner feels like a waste.

From BBC Oct. 27, 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

St Johnstone will look to that early miss - and there were suggestions of offside in Colak's goal - as Davidson quickly consigns the experience to history.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2022

Some malicious demon seems to be goading him on, in spite of himself, to continuous and exhausting exertion, which consigns him to the tomb before his time, leaving a “pile” of untouched wealth behind him.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Raphael Semmes

Back then, the largest vehicles were consigned to the “hard to electrify” bucket.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Serkis is certain that George Orwell himself would not have consigned this Animal Farm to Room 101.

From BBC Jul. 13, 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

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

Gregory the jailer and those who were consigned to his domain did not laugh or smile or clink glasses with the person sitting next to them.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo

He knew the future life he dreamed of was now impossible, and it seems he couldn’t face the to which the U.S. government was consigning him.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

After he posted a photo of the jacket online, Brown was contacted by Sotheby’s about consigning it for auction.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

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

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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