consolation
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Red card, consolation pizza for USA soccer fans.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Joao Pedro's stoppage-time overhead kick did save Chelsea the humiliation of losing six matches in a row without scoring for the first time in their history, but it was scant consolation.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
Buckingham Palace assiduously avoids being drawn on the political issue of the day, and the king’s interventions are largely reserved for warm words of support for great endeavors or consolation during national tragedies.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Absent that, Donnyland could be an attractive consolation prize.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026
Joyce was nearby, and that was a consolation.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing consolation
Grade 9, List 4
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100 SAT words Beginning with "C"
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