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consoling

[kuhn-soh-ling] / kənˈsoʊ lɪŋ /






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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

Chomsky, now 97, was hardly the only famous associate who was privately consoling Epstein or giving him advice to rehabilitate his public image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

He claimed that he began consoling a crying Minaj, only for her to start yelling at him.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 1, 2025

This final turn is less consoling or condemnatory than darkly revealing about our assumptions about Michaela, who's portrayed as a controlling fury for most of the story.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2025

Maybe then my skin would absorb the sea’s consoling silence.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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