The phrase "a tragic combination" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where two or more elements come together in a way that leads to unfortunate or sorrowful outcomes.
Example: "The storm and the lack of preparedness created a tragic combination that resulted in significant damage to the town."
Alternatives: "a sorrowful mix" or "an unfortunate pairing".
Evidence of a tragic combination of a new cell and incompetent security services?
"That's a tragic combination," Jonathan Nolan, Joy's husband and, now, collaborator, said from the back of our golf cart.
That will be the hardest thing to earn back, trust, and getting peace inside my own head". Mr Kelso says heroin is relatively new to Northern Ireland and its prevalence in Ballymena is a tragic combination of circumstance.
Arici believes that the prosecutor is misguided in charging the two electricians with arson, and is convinced that the fire was nothing more sinister than a tragic combination of circumstances.
What's happened since is a tragic combination of anguish at the growing numbers of deported people -- and to be clear, these are not criminals, but fathers and mothers raising their kids -- and, in some cases, a profound ignorance of how the American political system works.
The nation saw Columbine as a turning point in school security, but also as an anomaly, something that resulted from the tragic combination of mental illness and a lack of awareness of the danger.
How many stubborn, redundant errors can we make until the tragic combination of an age-old mistake and newly minted technology enables us to do permanent damage to both our planet and our species?
It is probably the combination of guns and schizophrenia that made Jared Loughner a tragic case and saw so many innocents killed.
And reminded us that any combination of fast cars, and determined drivers of varying skill, will eventually produce a mangled car, and a tragic end.
A tragic, tragic accident," he said.
