consolation

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

It will be zero consolation but Deschamps, in charge since 2012, set a record in Dallas for most World Cup games managed - 26.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Cheaper chicken is little consolation to David Manhire, who owns Summer Daze Catering in Basking Ridge, N.J., about an hour outside New York City.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

It was almost painful watching them; trying everything but delivering nothing, not even a consolation goal that might prove significant.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

My one consolation was that I knew these kids.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

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

“Instead of an honest conversation with a nation, we get blurry consolations about Napoleon’s conquest of Moscow: Don’t worry, everything is going to plan,” he said.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2023

“Too awful,” she kept repeating, and all Bernard’s consolations were in vain.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley