consigned
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The club suffered the earliest-ever relegation in English football, as defeat at Sheffield United on 22 February consigned them to League One with 13 games to play.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
When she was consigned to a sale in the summer of 2021, he bought her with Hidden Brook for $135,000.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
Such were the trappings of “wealth” that consigned men to their death.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
Team GB's men's curlers reinforced their credentials as Winter Olympic gold medal favourites in Cortina with a statement 6-3 win over the Swedish rink that consigned them to silver four years ago.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
Stannis Baratheon stood grim-faced by the funeral pyre as the lad’s body was consigned to the flames.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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