consummating

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Neither side, fresh off rekindling their flame and consummating a marriage forged in the fires of mutual arrogance, could have foreseen the turbulence to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2023

The agency asked the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals late on Thursday to require the companies to delay consummating the transaction while the court considered the FTC's broader appeal.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2023

Instead of consummating the transaction, though, the girl collapses on the bed, exhausted from caring for her siblings and working at a button factory.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2023

The attorneys had argued Twitter was heavily reliant on Slack in consummating the deal, with multiple channels that hosted discussions about the merger.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

Oh! why had I not used some deliberation before thus consummating the desperate deed?

From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor