Consolidate is definitely worth trying.
It may help (especially if certain plugins are used on the track).
At very least it lightens the drive load.

I'll experiment more soon. I suspect Consolidate would also 'zero out' any dead spaces which could also help in the end result (like a cut/paste with a gap in it type scenario)

Guess my point is, it is better to figure out how to NOT have it occur in the first place (during the edit) as opposed to fixing later.

I'm surprised that 'Smooth Cuts' hasn't been good to you, seems to help here.
Yes, you'll still see a line, but if you zoom in using the Audio Edit (preferably at 3840 resolution), can you 'see' any misalignment at that edit marker line?

If not, it could be the drive(s) trying to stream and jumping around to disrupt things .. and this can end up being a situation where it happens 'sometimes' but not always.

Make your sound your own!
.. I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome