tragedy
Example Sentences
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“This tragedy weighs heavily on all of us,” said Laredo Mayor Victor D. Treviño during a press conference Thursday.
From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026
"It's a tragedy I think that has affected everyone in the city," she told BBC Radio Sussex.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
To get solar panels because you’ve grasped the moral tragedy of climate change, not because your neighbor Larry’s roof looks kind of fab with them.
From Slate • May 15, 2026
"The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was a preventable tragedy of enormous consequence," acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
If I fell here, I would be just one more victim of this tragedy.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
Vocabulary lists containing tragedy
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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