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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
Tom Brady and Michael Strahan introduced the segment to pay tribute to the tragedy.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025
Suzy’s yearning to make sense of the untimely tragedy is made all the more complicated considering both girls had an unresolved falling during 6th grade.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Reeve's real-life story of tragedy and triumph was recently explored in the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024 and is now available to stream on Max.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Our prayers are with the families, friends, neighbors and everyone affected by this tragedy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Feb. 2025
Suzy’s yearning to make sense of the untimely tragedy is made all the more complicated considering both girls had an unresolved falling during 6th grade.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
Reeve's real-life story of tragedy and triumph was recently explored in the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2024 and is now available to stream on Max.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Our prayers are with the families, friends, neighbors and everyone affected by this tragedy.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragedy
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Whether it‘s picking apart the factors that led to the chain filing for bankruptcy (and the postmortem of its endless-shrimp disaster), recruiting top talent for his C-suite, or ensuring more restaurants don’t have to close, Adamolekun has plenty of issues to bait his temper.—
Chris Morris,
Fortune,
10 Feb. 2025
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In addition, general aviation airports are the single most important infrastructure element to support supply lines during a disaster such as the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.—
John Carr,
The Mercury News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Malen’s misfortune, Villa explain, simply came down to signing too many players in the winter window.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
8 Feb. 2025
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Meta and Google are not the only companies trying to capitalize on TikTok’s potential misfortune.—
Mike Isaac,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Didn’t Die / U.S.A. (Director, Screenwriter, and Producer: Meera Menon, Screenwriter and Producer: Paul Gleason, Producers: Erica Fishman, Joe Camerota, Luke Patton) –– A podcast host desperately clings to an ever-shrinking audience in the zombie apocalypse.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2025
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Related Articles Though no retail apocalypse was proclaimed, Coresights foresights cast a glass-half-empty view of the near future for retail square footage.—
David Moin,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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In a region vulnerable to hurricanes and other calamities made worse by a warming climate, reducing the damage would help ease suffering.—
Christopher Flavelle,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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They were also meant to come to the rescue with their largesse in the case of a public crisis or calamity.—
Brian Klaas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Tragedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragedy. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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