consolation
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But its dominant impression is a dark one that allows for little consolation in the remembrance of war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Pascal Gross then headed in a 96th-minute consolation goal after a dangerous long throw-in was not dealt with.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
U.S. natural gas futures settled lower with little consolation from the smallest inventory build of the season to date.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 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
Love, truth, beauty, wisdom, and consolation against death.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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
In her second book, Hekker noted some consolations for first wives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
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
Vocabulary lists containing consolation
Grade 9, List 4
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