tragedies
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The death toll from the sinking of a migrant boat off Senegal rose to 39 on Monday, authorities said -- one of the country's deadliest migration tragedies in recent years.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
This family has endured tragedies — Josie’s sister died when she was very young, which prompted Josie’s father to leave the family — but Josie feels a kinship with Klara over her mother’s objections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
"It's been 60 years since one of the most horrifying tragedies this country has ever seen. All of those children lost," Burnham said.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
"This is one of the worst tragedies the Canadian Armed Forces have experienced on Canadian soil in peacetime," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
My mother could sense that the women of these families also had unspeakable tragedies they had left behind in China and hopes they couldn’t begin to express in their fragile English.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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