The phrase "against tragedy" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing opposition to tragic events or themes, often in literary or philosophical discussions.
Example: "The play's central theme is the struggle against tragedy, highlighting the resilience of the human spirit."
Alternatives: "in defiance of tragedy" or "opposed to tragedy".
It is no guarantee against tragedy, but it remains the best hope for all of us on the murky spectrum of rationality and mental health.
While parents, communities and schools certainly need to consider how to safeguard themselves against tragedy and crisis, the real issues go much deeper.
Here, too, Lessing argued against tragedy modeled on that of Corneille and Voltaire, although he praised the realism of the contemporary French writer Denis Diderot's descriptions of middle-class life.
Gyllenhaal has never had a reputation for hedonism, though his career has grazed against tragedy; to many he will always be linked with Heath Ledger, his lover in the pioneering Brokeback Mountain, who would die of a prescription drug overdose in 2008.
By the end of the book, we feel we know this chilly piece of northern real estate, where Yiddish is the language of choice, the same way we feel we have come to know Meyer Landsman — this "secular policeman" who has learned to sail "double-hulled against tragedy," ever wary of "the hairline fissures, the little freaks of torque" that can topple a boat in the shallows.
"It's an axiom in the world of insurance that nothing sells insurance against tragedy like a tragedy," Hartwig says.
Humor is one of our first lines of defense against the tragedy and absurdity of life, against our failures, insecurities and pain.
She exhorted the Security Council to take action, saying, "We will be judged against the tragedy that has unfolded before our eyes".
America's gun sickness has produced its own rhetoric: the dispensing of thoughts and prayers, the warnings against politicizing tragedy, the deflections and the shifting of blame.
Last year, for example, she spoke out against the tragedy near Lampedusa, an island off the coast of Italy where hundreds of African migrants fleeing war and poverty drowned en route to Europe.
Remarks: Not a single pterodactyl has been detected in D.P.R.K. airspace for more than 4.5 billion years, rendering the odds against this tragedy at 567 billion to one and making it the first genuine miracle of the first six months of the sure-to-be-special dynasty of the Dear Little First Tobogganer Kim Jong Un Era. 6.
