tragedies

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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

Dyer's great-grandmother said her grandson had been the family's "final beacon of hope" after a "relentless sequence of tragedies".

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

What follows are flights of wordplay, jokes, tragedies and rhymes “meant to be spoken aloud, as a form of conjuring back.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

In both residential areas, the tragedies were met with an outpouring of shock, grief and demands for answers.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

That Christmas, Mrs. Finley gave me paperback copies of both the comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers