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A loss would have consigned the defending champion to the playoffs – a nightmare for a nation that missed out on the past two World Cups because of playoff defeats to Sweden and North Macedonia.

From Washington Times • Nov. 21, 2023

This year the major auction houses planning sales in the coastal enclave have consigned more cars than ever estimated to be worth more than $1 million.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Liberal Democrat Layla Moran, who has campaigned for the change, said she was "elated that we have consigned this archaic and cruel law to history".

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2022

Or if they had already slipped through, he’d have consigned them to the “Burma Road” — the cheap seats far from the stage, and from the ballplayers.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2020

He frequently remained to the midday meal with the family, and was as gay and lively as if Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe were in the limbo to which he gladly would have consigned them.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn