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Whats interesting is that we had plenty of evidence in these same circum stances as to what would work and what would not.

From New York Times Mar. 4, 2015

In its romantic purity, this is a love that is outside time and circum stance, beyond good and evil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parson Greiner however taught Jack: circa circum, round and about, not in the bread but close at hand.

From Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Hausrath, Adolf

Periptere, from περὶ circum, and πτὲρον ala, which has a Wing round about.

From An Abridgment of the Architecture of Vitruvius Containing a System of the Whole Works of that Author by Perrault, Claude

Here were clear streams and grassy hillocks, leafy shrubs and cypresses spiring out of their bosom, - “Et circum irriguo surgebant lilia pratoCandida purpureis mista papaveribus.”

From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by Beckford, William




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