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consolations

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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

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

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley