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as in disaster
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the earthquake and the ensuing damage was the worst tragedy to ever befall the city
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as in misfortune
bad luck or an example of this
it's the tragedy of many great artists not to be recognized for their genius until after they're dead
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Recent Examples of tragedy
But none of these accomplishments insulated her from further tragedy.
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Thanks to the visit from the president the tragedy of the South Bronx became a headline.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
Interview 'Science Has to Have a Relational Connection to the World': An Interview with Diane Wilson
Sarah Neilson
Talking to the author of The Seed Keeper about the tragedies of modern agriculture, and restoring Indigenous foods to communities as one way of healing historical trauma.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Magdeburg marked the tragedy Saturday with the tolling church bells at 7:04 p.m., the exact time of the attack in the city of roughly 240,000 people.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 5 Jan. 2025
Thanks to the visit from the president the tragedy of the South Bronx became a headline.
—Cary Goodman, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
Interview 'Science Has to Have a Relational Connection to the World': An Interview with Diane Wilson
Sarah Neilson
Talking to the author of The Seed Keeper about the tragedies of modern agriculture, and restoring Indigenous foods to communities as one way of healing historical trauma.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
Magdeburg marked the tragedy Saturday with the tolling church bells at 7:04 p.m., the exact time of the attack in the city of roughly 240,000 people.
—Kirsten Grieshaber, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragedy
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Victims can apply for other forms of disaster assistance.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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But in return for protection against another worst-case weather scenario, insurers would have to sell comprehensive coverage and invest in community disaster resilience.Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Yeager was one of the best defensive catchers in history who had the misfortune of being a direct contemporary of the best defensive catcher in history, Johnny Bench.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Even as the misfortune mounts, the 13-2 Lions are road favorites against the 6-9 San Francisco 49ers, who have endured a harrowing injury streak of their own.Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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When faced with the climate apocalypse, Rich veers cliché and sentimental.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
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The short stories look at a secret romance between a junior and his femme roommate at a Quaker boarding school, a hormonal apocalypse brought on by a vengeful ex-girlfriend, and a young person’s dark night of the soul while partying in Las Vegas.Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
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The two experts spoke to The Times in 2017 when wildfires ravaged Northern California and again this week amid the unfolding calamity.Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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The seemingly increasing number of both natural and manmade calamities happening around the world means that companies in a position to provide support and relief, like ours and others across different industries, will likely be called upon to do so more often.David Wajsgras, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Tragedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragedy. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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