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Recent Examples of tragically
Love Story's critics have pointed out the bizarre nature of the all-consuming 2026 ‘trends’ based on the aesthetic taste of a famously private person—one who died tragically over 25 years ago, at that.
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Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
But the show does end where real life tragically ended, with the death of JFK Jr, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Wells died died tragically in a 1994 helicopter crash, an event widely felt to have set the stage for the company’s subsequent string of succession woes.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
The documentary also highlights noteworthy graduates like Ronald McNair, the astronaut and physicist who tragically died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986.
—Joshua Alston, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
His last film, the tragically underseen Flora and Son with Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is about a guitar teacher in America forming a bond with an Irish single mom over lessons on Zoom and eventually returning to his own promising music career.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite the goal of the FDA’s breakthrough program to help accelerate the development and introduction of new therapeutic and diagnostic technologies, millions of patients in the United States who suffer from serious conditions tragically continue to have limited options.
—Josh Makower, STAT, 16 Mar. 2026
Yes, tragically, a million Irish natives starved to death in the Potato Famine that began in 1845.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Grace McCarty, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
But the show does end where real life tragically ended, with the death of JFK Jr, Carolyn, and her sister Lauren.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
The love described is classical in tone, so tragically all-consuming and full of shadows that to listen on an iPhone seems almost profane.
—Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2026
Wells died died tragically in a 1994 helicopter crash, an event widely felt to have set the stage for the company’s subsequent string of succession woes.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2026
The documentary also highlights noteworthy graduates like Ronald McNair, the astronaut and physicist who tragically died aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986.
—Joshua Alston, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
His last film, the tragically underseen Flora and Son with Eve Hewson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is about a guitar teacher in America forming a bond with an Irish single mom over lessons on Zoom and eventually returning to his own promising music career.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Despite the goal of the FDA’s breakthrough program to help accelerate the development and introduction of new therapeutic and diagnostic technologies, millions of patients in the United States who suffer from serious conditions tragically continue to have limited options.
—Josh Makower, STAT, 16 Mar. 2026
Yes, tragically, a million Irish natives starved to death in the Potato Famine that began in 1845.
—David McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragically
Adverb
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But, sadly, sometimes people do go leak classified information in those big settings.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ride sadly passed away July 23, 2012, at the age of 61, following a battle with a terminal illness.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Some -- sometimes, unfortunately, some of those briefings leak.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Perhaps unfortunately for Flagg, some ROY voters probably tuned out the Mavericks during this 4-24 late-season skid, but according to the betting platform Kalshi, Knueppel’s percentage lead dipped from 60%-40% to start this week to 52%-46% on Wednesday.—
Brad Townsend,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Mar. 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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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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Even at the elite level, some runners thrive under the long-term guidance of a coach, others seem to bounce unhappily from coach to coach, and a few—Frank Shorter, Patrick Sang, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are notable examples—have mostly preferred to call their own shots.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
22 Mar. 2026
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“Tragically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragically. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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