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tragedy

[traj-i-dee] / ˈtrædʒ ɪ di /


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It said the death of any baby was a "tragedy" and promised improvements to maternity services.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Whatever that pain, that loss, that tragedy was, I managed to spin it like an alchemist into something passionate. And it’s been increasingly so since.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Forensics and detection suggest that the historical tragedy, the unburied victim and the strangely surviving plant are somehow connected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Safeguarding isn’t only about what we do for one another before a tragedy, but how we respond in the days, weeks, months and years that follow.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

“It turns out, some good has come from that tragedy, because Glimmer and I have decided to be mates.”

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Elevated surf and rip currents as a result of Marie are arriving following a series of tragedies and increased rescues along Southern California beaches this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Then there are the tragedies that made her political career possible.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Documentarian Rory Kennedy’s follow-up to her 2022 investigation into the 737 MAX tragedies argues that a profits-over-quality company culture was to blame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

For Martin, collecting gives him a sense of meaning: "I've had a few tragedies in my life through family and whatever else, and I think, 'enjoy life while it's here'."

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

In his words, “One of the great tragedies of man’s long trek along the highway of history has been the limiting of neighborly concern to tribe, race, class or nation.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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