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Recent Examples of tragically
Stone died tragically in a car crash earlier this year.
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Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One of his works was a tribute to Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who tragically lost her life during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally shooting.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
The Lost Screen Memorial features 50 smartphones illuminated with the lock screen photo of a child whose life was tragically cut short due to online harms, shared by members of The Parent's Network.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Hassouna was tragically killed by an Israeli airstrike in April 2025, shortly before the film was selected for Cannes.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Denny tragically dies an hour after proposing to her.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, Alex and Billie’s mother-daughter reunion is tragically short-lived.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
After the post went viral, LaTinique told that her son has brought her mother a newfound joy eight years after the loss of her youngest brother Je'siah, who was tragically killed after being hit by a car at the age of two.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
One of his works was a tribute to Lisa Lopez-Galvan, who tragically lost her life during the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory rally shooting.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2025
The Lost Screen Memorial features 50 smartphones illuminated with the lock screen photo of a child whose life was tragically cut short due to online harms, shared by members of The Parent's Network.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Hassouna was tragically killed by an Israeli airstrike in April 2025, shortly before the film was selected for Cannes.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
That order sent the paddle wheel going and the deckhand was tragically killed.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Oct. 2025
Denny tragically dies an hour after proposing to her.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, Alex and Billie’s mother-daughter reunion is tragically short-lived.
—Andy Swift, TVLine, 8 Oct. 2025
After the post went viral, LaTinique told that her son has brought her mother a newfound joy eight years after the loss of her youngest brother Je'siah, who was tragically killed after being hit by a car at the age of two.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
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It was sadly demolished in 1980 to make way for a parking lot, but its legacy lives on in the new club.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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Ella’s story is touching yet sadly not unique.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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This dynamic has unfortunately intensified.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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These three statistics show how Wisconsin Badgers football is (unfortunately) performing worse than 2024, when the team failed to make a bowl game.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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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In his valuable study of slavery in Martinique, Dale Tomich regrettably invoked Hall in this regard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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The United Nations, established in the aftermath of the Second World War to maintain peace and security, is regrettably no longer able to fulfil its core function in the face of today's crises and conflicts.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Now Daphne, unhappily affianced, has run off with one Hop Wingdale, a clarinet player for a band called the Klezmopolitans, and her mother and her would-be future husband have engaged Unamalgamated Ops to bring her home.—
Kathryn Schulz,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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In season 3 of The Gilded Age, Gladys unhappily marries the Duke of Buckingham.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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