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consolation

[kon-suh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkɒn səˈleɪ ʃən /


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England will also try to deny Australia a consolation bronze, before teams transform the Hydro from a netball court back to a gig venue for the closing ceremony on Sunday night.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

England is playing in the consolation final for the second time in three World Cups; it lost to Belgium 2-1 in 2018.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

In the meantime, Karim says, the consolation prize is simply to enjoy the party.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Cheaper chicken is little consolation to David Manhire, who owns Summer Daze Catering in Basking Ridge, N.J., about an hour outside New York City.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

They weren't alone; plenty of other families shared their situation, which offered some consolation.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Nothing like the durable consolations of late-life romance, but headier, more exciting and, in the worst cases, far more damaging.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2026

Throughout the book she displays the fundamental bewilderment of the secular postmodernist contending with huge life events while cut off from the consolations of any one tradition.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 23, 2026

But what these consolations must entail has often been a fraught debate.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2025

Let's give the biblical authors credit for taking the sublimity of our loss straight up instead of chasing false consolations.

From Salon Mar. 31, 2024

Without the support of old certainties and consolations, almost mechanically, he assumes the procedures and doctrines of the classroom.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez




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