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Recent Examples of tragically
For example, a major plot hole is that the audience learns Layla’s younger sister tragically died following an asthma attack.
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Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Payne tragically died at 31 in October 2024.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
The amendment, though tragically late in coming, resolved the nation’s founding contradiction and would surely have met with approval from Revolutionary-era freedom seekers like Freeman.
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New York Times,
22 June 2026
It's been a busy year for the four remaining members of One Direction (Liam Payne tragically passed away in October 2024).
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Beachgoers seeking relief from the recent heat or simply desiring a walk near the ocean have been met over the past week with advisories to stay away and, barring that, warnings to be extremely cautious around waves that have proven tragically powerful along Bay Area coasts.
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Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Shortly afterward, Brookes tragically found her daughter's deceased body.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Their steady output speaks to their popularity far more than their footprint — a tragically common trend in modern Hollywood, where being a viewer’s second screen is often the studio’s first priority.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
Community members have raised nearly $8,000 for the family of a 9-year-old girl tragically killed in an Oak Park hit-and-run on Thursday night.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
26 June 2026
Payne tragically died at 31 in October 2024.
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Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
23 June 2026
The amendment, though tragically late in coming, resolved the nation’s founding contradiction and would surely have met with approval from Revolutionary-era freedom seekers like Freeman.
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New York Times,
22 June 2026
It's been a busy year for the four remaining members of One Direction (Liam Payne tragically passed away in October 2024).
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Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Beachgoers seeking relief from the recent heat or simply desiring a walk near the ocean have been met over the past week with advisories to stay away and, barring that, warnings to be extremely cautious around waves that have proven tragically powerful along Bay Area coasts.
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Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
19 June 2026
Shortly afterward, Brookes tragically found her daughter's deceased body.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
Their steady output speaks to their popularity far more than their footprint — a tragically common trend in modern Hollywood, where being a viewer’s second screen is often the studio’s first priority.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
18 June 2026
Community members have raised nearly $8,000 for the family of a 9-year-old girl tragically killed in an Oak Park hit-and-run on Thursday night.
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Reeti Malhotra,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
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Little Debbie Apple Flips Though there are still plenty of Little Debbie classics filling the shelves at Southern grocery stores, and even new arrivals from time to time, there are also sadly some treats that have been discontinued.
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Its co-op is online-only (no couch play, sadly), and the AI companion is your trusty sidekick.
Adverb
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And that consequence, unfortunately, will be borne by those who actually are influenced by it.
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Depth chart disappointments Tim Weah has, unfortunately, been the most underwhelming player on the team so far.
Adverb
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The Locke works are placed directly above and below a small Albers; inches away from each are examples of minerals, in their own display cases, which, jutting out from the wall, distract lamentably from the canvases.
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Our attorney general’s hyperbolic statements, lamentably, do little to help on that front.
Adverb
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The world, regrettably, has a habit of changing.
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His legacy at this point is confined to the unfunded mandates of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and the equally unfunded obligations created by ignoring a statute of repose for child abuse claims, regrettably upheld by a bare majority on the Maryland Supreme Court.
Adverb
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Wilde stars as one half of a struggling couple, unhappily married to a character played by Seth Rogen.
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Nearly all are unhappily married by the end of the novel.
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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