consolation prize

The Bruins went on to lose to Wisconsin in perhaps the first Rose Bowl seen as a consolation prize.

The addition of Longstreet, who rose rapidly up recruiting boards, is no consolation prize.

“Some consolation prize having your weapon cause you to lose the pole vault. Like a platinum medal, that,” an X user wrote.

Influencing a generation of bands in L.A. and beyond will have to be a sufficient consolation prize.

Couples who fail to convince are given a bit of gammon as a consolation prize and must walk through the town behind an empty chair.