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Recent Examples of tragically
His dad, Vladimir, stepped in as Naumov’s coach when Max’s parents were tragically killed in a plane crash.
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From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
The girl then crashed to the ground, tragically missing most of the safety net, according to the footage.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
By invoking the Brazilian driver who tragically died in 1994, Bad Bunny underscores the risks of being at the top while celebrating his rise.
—Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The instigators were allowed to go beyond peaceful protests to hindering law enforcement from doing their job which escalated with the result of two people tragically losing their lives.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
These flashbacks, regrettably, take up significantly more run time than the baseball and are tragically boring.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
While his life was tragically cut short, his impact on the music industry extended far beyond his death.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
On the day the hotel in Beirut was due to launch in August 2020, an ammonium-nitrate explosion tore through the city, bringing much of the area to rubble and tragically killing more than 200 people.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2026
From Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
The girl then crashed to the ground, tragically missing most of the safety net, according to the footage.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
By invoking the Brazilian driver who tragically died in 1994, Bad Bunny underscores the risks of being at the top while celebrating his rise.
—Denny Alfonso, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
The instigators were allowed to go beyond peaceful protests to hindering law enforcement from doing their job which escalated with the result of two people tragically losing their lives.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2026
In Tim Burton’s breakthrough film, O’Hara played tragically hip Delia Deetz, the pretentious and self-absorbed stepmother of Winona Ryder’s Lydia.
—Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
These flashbacks, regrettably, take up significantly more run time than the baseball and are tragically boring.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
While his life was tragically cut short, his impact on the music industry extended far beyond his death.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
On the day the hotel in Beirut was due to launch in August 2020, an ammonium-nitrate explosion tore through the city, bringing much of the area to rubble and tragically killing more than 200 people.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
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So, Elliott Gould’s character, Legal, sadly dies this season.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
7 Feb. 2026
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Although the movie indicated that, sadly, little in Congress has changed — the same bickering and same patronage — our world has changed.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
6 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But at this point, unfortunately, we’re used to it.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2026
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The best ones, which unfortunately are almost impossible to find, are made with synthetic oils, and are not film formers like paint.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 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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But regrettably, since [Canadian Prime Minister] Pierre Trudeau’s administration, there’s been this drawdown in our defense.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2026
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These flashbacks, regrettably, take up significantly more run time than the baseball and are tragically boring.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The film centers on Westley (Cary Elwes), a farmhand who goes on a noble quest to rescue his beloved Buttercup (Robin Wright) from the clutches of the loathsome Prince Humperdink (Chris Sarandon), to whom she's unhappily betrothed.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Jan. 2026
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The Old Globe: ‘Hedda Gabler’ Film and stage star Katie Holmes will play the title role in a new adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s 1891 Norwegian psychological drama about an unhappily married and controlling woman whose plot to financially ruin her former lover goes horribly awry.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2025
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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