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[kuhn-sohl] / kənˈsoʊl /


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The prevailing weirdness over physical controls is no doubt responsible for the dinky switch console in the center stack, with audio, climate controls and emergency flasher crowded together.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

That has also affected the rollout of the PS6, the sixth generation of Sony’s PlayStation videogame console.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 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

In the corner of the living room, on a console table, was an unremarkable-looking notebook.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

North Carolina College students drifted into the large campus auditorium throughout the evening, at first just to console one another and then to plan a reaction to the assassination.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The centre's shops sell tech equipment of all sorts, from computer parts to gadgets and games consoles.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

"If consoles are going to become digital only, then issues like today cannot lock people out of their stuff."

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Judith, a Puerto Rican girl from a poor but devoted family, consoles her exhausted teacher one day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

The rapid rise of AI has made chips more expensive, which in turn has driven up prices for everything from laptops and gaming consoles to AI data-center servers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Pedrito just cracks his knuckles and consoles her by saying that they can have another one real soon.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

Modric, who was making his 23rd World Cup appearance, was consoled by Ronaldo, his former Real Madrid team-mate, after the final whistle.

From BBC Jul. 3, 2026

“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

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

And he’d consoled himself: when I accept the chocolates and Brother Leon realizes I was only carrying out a Vigil assignment then everything will be fine again.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

“It’s difficult to maintain hope amid so much tragedy,” said a nun from Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity congregation, who was consoling survivors.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

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

He walked off with the consoling arm of Shane Lowry’s daughter Iris - who also went close to hitting the putting surface - round his shoulders.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

Soprano Hilary Cronin was a dazzling, lyrical Iole, her precisely calibrated da capo arias capturing the princess’s serene acceptance of her lot and her consoling, thoughtful presence—the antithesis of the disturbed Dejanira.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

It reminds her so much of consoling her old spiritualist clients that she is surprised when she is thanked by name.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern




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