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Recent Examples of tragically
Following the incident, Adams’ sister, Sandra Akers, told the Louisville Public Media that her sister had been unhoused and struggling with substance use disorder when she was tragically killed.
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Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
The summer before the fifth season of Glee hit the air, Monteith tragically died at the age of 31.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Nevada Alexander Musk's firstborn son tragically passed away at just 10 weeks old from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2002.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
Instead, the encounter ended tragically, with Alex being fatally shot during an interaction with law enforcement.
—Jim Cook, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
The Kennedy family is famous for many things, and one of those is sadly how many members of the family have died tragically too young.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
Noblezada stepped into the role of the tragically vivacious nightclub singer Sally Bowles, but rather than playing her unlikely lover Cliff, Carney was cast as the impishly sinister Emcee of the Kit Kat Club.
—Carey Purcell, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
While six-and-a-half months along, she was admitted to labor and delivery with high blood pressure; tragically, Eve did not survive.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 8 Apr. 2026
The father of the victim said his son, Marc Anthony Trejo, and his girlfriend, Jennifer Alejandra Loera Zarco, were expecting their baby any day now, before they were both tragically killed.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
The summer before the fifth season of Glee hit the air, Monteith tragically died at the age of 31.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
Nevada Alexander Musk's firstborn son tragically passed away at just 10 weeks old from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome in 2002.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
Instead, the encounter ended tragically, with Alex being fatally shot during an interaction with law enforcement.
—Jim Cook, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
The Kennedy family is famous for many things, and one of those is sadly how many members of the family have died tragically too young.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 9 Apr. 2026
Noblezada stepped into the role of the tragically vivacious nightclub singer Sally Bowles, but rather than playing her unlikely lover Cliff, Carney was cast as the impishly sinister Emcee of the Kit Kat Club.
—Carey Purcell, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
While six-and-a-half months along, she was admitted to labor and delivery with high blood pressure; tragically, Eve did not survive.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 8 Apr. 2026
The father of the victim said his son, Marc Anthony Trejo, and his girlfriend, Jennifer Alejandra Loera Zarco, were expecting their baby any day now, before they were both tragically killed.
—Michele Gile, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
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At 49, the Dorchester, Massachusetts, native has joined the pantheon of celebrity investigative journalists, a sadly dwindling group.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Apr. 2026
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But, sadly, Olivia didn't qualify.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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William Atherton’s Jerry Hathaway—the money-hungry mad king behind Project Crossbow—is unfortunately medium plausible.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Dahl’s books are fanciful and imaginative, but also dark, cynical, and mean (and, unfortunately, often reflected his real-life ugliness), spinning stories in which gruesome and unpleasant fates befell rotten kids, and adults were frequently selfish, cruel, and not to be trusted.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Their answer to having to tolerate difference is whatever means are necessary to stop liberalization, and lamentably, our Bill of Rights and governmental checks on the executive mean that taking a jack hammer to our nation’s foundation is a necessary means to a repugnant end.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Plus, it must be said, some proper mileage and, regrettably so, a certain carbon footprint.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
4 Mar. 2026
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The software disruption worries have, regrettably, ensnared the cybersecurity names.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Elizabeth Banks is Lindy Littlejohn, a seriously frustrated writer, unhappily if tumultuously married to Les (Matthew Macfadyen), a brilliant scientist.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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How many of my life decisions have been made in reaction to feeling unhappily married?—
Liana Finck,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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