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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
But another notable absence is Japan's Sony, maker of the PlayStation 5 console.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Many will also want to get advice from their teachers and to celebrate with or console friends.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
It irritated her, but she was ashamed to confess it, and now and then she tried to console herself by buying something pretty, so that Sallie needn’t think she had to economize.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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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
Nintendo maintained its annual sales forecast of 16.5 million Switch 2 consoles, despite a decline in quarterly sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Amazon's gaming boss recently told the BBC increasing hardware costs may lead more people to ditch consoles and stream games instead.
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
There were exhibits devoted to all of GSS’s most popular games, including several arcade ports of titles they’d originally released for home computers and consoles.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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“You have to be strong,” he consoled his mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
She bought lollipops and a teddy bear, and by 10 a.m. she had set up shop outside a campus dining hall where she consoled students Sunday morning with offers of “free mom hugs.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025
He broke down in tears and was consoled by Hamilton's father Anthony on his walk back to the Racing Bulls garage.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025
June Lockhart, the perennial TV mom who consoled her son Timmy and his faithful pet collie in ‘Lassie’ and explained the galaxy to her children in ‘Lost in Space,’ has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2025
Her Grandmother Clara laughed aloud when she caught sight of her, but her mother consoled her with two drops of her perfume on her neck.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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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
Chomsky, now 97, was hardly the only famous associate who was privately consoling Epstein or giving him advice to rehabilitate his public image.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
My father was running right and left, exhausted, consoling friends, checking with the Jewish Council just in case the order had been rescinded.
From "Night" by Elie Wiesel
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