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tragedy

[traj-i-dee] / ˈtrædʒ ɪ di /


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For Thales Miola, a lawyer at Instituto Preservar, "the costs of climate damage should not fall solely on society and on those who lost everything in the tragedy."

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

It said the death of any baby was a "tragedy" and promised improvements to maternity services.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The tragedy of a $4 basket of chips is obviously not the $4.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

“She has inspired millions. All for nothing now,” Ms. Gammon laments, though she finds something fearfully inevitable in the tragedy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The school counselor had called it a "coping mechanism," my way of dealing with the tragedy.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

A group of the enslaved Athenians devise a plan to stage “Medea” and “The Trojan Women,” a pair of tragedies by Euripides that deal with vengeance and the costs of war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Elevated surf and rip currents as a result of Marie are arriving following a series of tragedies and increased rescues along Southern California beaches this summer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

It writes that campaigners for water safety, made up of bereaved families, are sounding the alarm of "open water swimming" amid "40 water-related tragedies this summer".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Sixty years since the Aberfan disaster, victims of major tragedies such as the Manchester Arena bombing say they still face a "disgraceful" struggle for support.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

He wants to know how his tragedies play out, Jonas had said.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry




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