tragedy
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His early life's defining tragedy came when his elder brother Yonatan was killed leading the Entebbe hostage-rescue mission in Uganda.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
Many of these ideas were offered as doctrines of liberation but ended in tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Viewed from a bird’s-eye vantage, the book’s vignettes glide between mundanity—town-council meetings, estate auctions, block parties—and tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
The tragedy was seen as emblematic of widespread corruption.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Mary Todd Lincoln was no stranger to tragedy.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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
Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as "one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Florence Lustman, head of France Assureurs, pointed to the "human tragedies" behind the figures and expressed the industry's "solidarity".
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“These are tragedies, and four families are grieving.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
It seemed like the most benign of tragedies that she didn’t like the chocolate ice cream nearly as much as she had the vanilla.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
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