tragedy
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That tragedy and the ensuing trauma was, naturally, the framework for the documentary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
We don’t have to live in a world where people profit from tragedy, be it wildfires or a child with cancer, housing foreclosures or weapons manufacturing.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Pineros sees the tragedy as a challenge for the family to rebuild their lives for the second time.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
Marco Piemontese’s striking period costumes conjured the artists’ milieu, and Marcus Doshi’s lighting evoked both festivity and the tragedy of the ending.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
He was a good fellow, but his rejoicing at the one little part—in which he was officially interested—of so great a tragedy, was an object-lesson in the limitations of sympathetic understanding.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
“If tragedies continue, that means my efforts were inadequate.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Titanic” made audiences understand why historic catastrophes are also intimate tragedies.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
“Coriolanus” has never been one of Shakespeare’s more popular tragedies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
Hers was one of many individual tragedies unfolding after quakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit in quick succession in northern Venezuela on Wednesday evening, with La Guaira among the worst-affected regions.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
“Other people’s tragedies should not be the subject of idle conversation. There was no reason for me to tell you.”
From "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo
Vocabulary lists containing tragedy
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