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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said on Saturday that her death was a "senseless and tragic loss", adding that she has been "been thinking hard about what safety really looks like in our city".

From BBC

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara joined Frey at the press conference, calling the shooting an “unthinkable tragedy” and a “senseless attack.”

From Salon

Delivering the homily at Saturday's funeral, Fr Timothy Bartlett said that "the peace of an ordinary summer Sunday morning" had been "cruelly shattered by acts of vicious and senseless violence".

From BBC

Reacting to Israel's decision, UN human rights chief Volker Turk warned that further escalation "will result in more massive forced displacement, more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction and atrocity crimes".

From BBC

Instead, after several delays and setbacks, she finds herself involved in an excruciatingly senseless death when the Beach’s restaurant is bombed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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