circum
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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
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Cumque novus fisso primum de germine ramus Findit humum, rursus ferro versanda bicorni Consita vere novo tellus, cultuque frequenti Exercenda, herbæ circum ne forte nocentes Proveniant, germenque ipsum radicibus urant.
From Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees by Nisbet, John
‘Scipio Africanus et Laelius feruntur tam fuisse familiares et amici Lucilio, ut quodam tempore Laelio circum lectos triclinii fugienti Lucilius superveniens eum obtorta mappa quasi feriturus sequeretur.’
From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George
Choosing, const. w. verbs of, 177, 1-3. circā, circiter, circum, preps. w. acc.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)