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Carlos had a “heart of gold” and never missed the chance to console a friend or go out of his way to help, his mom said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
“I could dispense with most of them. . . . Perhaps that’s my failing, but I console myself that there are worse failings.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
At the same time, console prices have risen as memory chips become more expensive as a result of the AI industry's huge demand for computing power.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
They throw up, and if we play it, we’ll have to have them here, and they’ll throw up on the console in the recording studio, and we don’t want them.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
She rose swiftly, loped to the console of her own mood organ, stood glaring at him, waiting.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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“Kids don’t know how to play old-school games because they’re on their consoles playing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The Japanese company maintained its annual sales forecast of 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles, despite reporting a decline in quarterly sales to 3.82 million units due to a high base a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Microsoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The centre's shops sell tech equipment of all sorts, from computer parts to gadgets and games consoles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
The blackened video screens on all the game consoles filling the room sprang to life.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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Cast members consoled him, including a kiss on the cheek from Mikey Day that sent Gosling into a spontaneous giggle attack.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2026
They actively consoled him, cast him as a victim and in some cases offered advice on how to rehabilitate his image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
“You have to be strong,” he consoled his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
She will also be remembered as a familiar figure at the Wimbledon tennis championships, where she handed over trophies - and consoled those who had lost, including a tearful Jana Novotna in 1993.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025
The going was painfully slow, but Chickenhound consoled himself on the long journey by boosting his own ego.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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It’s the shattering confusion of grief—for his son, and for his own life as he expected to lead it—yet he has made of the resulting jumble a consoling, searching work of art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Days after Kirk’s death, Marx posted photos of himself consoling Kirk’s widow, Erika; he announced he was considering a run for governor at a memorial service for Kirk.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026
Mikel Arteta was doing the rounds consoling his devastated Arsenal players when a giant banner was unfurled in front of him at Etihad Stadium, emblazoned with the words: "Panic on the streets of London".
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026
“I can tell you there is no consoling that family at this point,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
He reflected uncomfortably that Hermione would have suggested he say something consoling about Sirius to her, that it hadn’t been her fault at all, but he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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