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as in disasters
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 misfortunes
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 tragedies
Firstly, the inciting tragedies are not fresh in terms of time, even if the pain is still all too raw nearly 20 years after the fact.
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Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
But autopsy reports — one record of how these babies died — painted the clearest picture of these tragedies.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
The GoFundMe pages, like the one Rivera launched, revealed much about this year’s fire tragedies.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
The Sacramento Bee covered a wide range of consequential stories during the week of May 10-15, 2026, from local tragedies to statewide political developments.
—Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Fans of horse racing hope to avoid any more tragedies during the second leg of the Triple Crown.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The grant was awarded to Three Bone to put on this re-telling of Greek tragedies through the lens of modern Latin and Chicano life.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Already suspected during previous tragedies, the family becomes the target of rumor.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
These tragedies are preventable.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
But autopsy reports — one record of how these babies died — painted the clearest picture of these tragedies.
—Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 18 May 2026
The GoFundMe pages, like the one Rivera launched, revealed much about this year’s fire tragedies.
—Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
The Sacramento Bee covered a wide range of consequential stories during the week of May 10-15, 2026, from local tragedies to statewide political developments.
—Sacbee.com, 16 May 2026
Fans of horse racing hope to avoid any more tragedies during the second leg of the Triple Crown.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
The grant was awarded to Three Bone to put on this re-telling of Greek tragedies through the lens of modern Latin and Chicano life.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 15 May 2026
Already suspected during previous tragedies, the family becomes the target of rumor.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 May 2026
These tragedies are preventable.
—Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragedies
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Those improvements include pipe insulation, walls, attics, weather stripping doors and windows and installing storm windows to prevent future disasters.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
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The seemingly limitless budgets and bottomless demand for content of the streaming television era have allowed studios to dramatize both long-ago and recent disasters.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
14 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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The Philadelphia singer-songwriter seeks out the mystical potential of quotidian misfortunes in a set of psychedelic-of-center bedroom pop songs.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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The kind of tiny culinary catastrophes most diners would never notice, but that a young chef chasing greatness apparently sees in his sleep.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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California is being hammered with more frequent and devastating catastrophes, and that’s making the entire insurance market riskier and more expensive, exacerbating mistakes made by government and the private sector alike.—
Ben Allen,
Oc Register,
2 May 2026
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The winter had been a season of calamities, with one emergency or challenge after another.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tragedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragedies. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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