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In a statement last week, she said: "We will not allow the blood of these dear ones to be consigned to oblivion or the truth to be lost in the dust."

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026

He knew that his readers would decide whether his writing would be consigned to oblivion or not.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Earth is haunted by the ghosts of countless creatures that have been consigned to oblivion.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

The cinema, seen as emblematic of corruption, “westoxification” and the decadence of the ousted Pahlavi regime, was consigned to oblivion.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2019

Yet many who have never tramped under knapsack, blankets, and tent-cloth would say, 'That's nothing!' and our poor voyager, who really had made a record, would be consigned to oblivion.

From All Aboard A Story for Girls by Newberry, Fannie E.




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