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Their farewell is accordingly strange and strained, lacking the gravity the circumstance would seem to provoke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

The project itself grew out of an unusual circumstance.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026

“He wants to be the hero of any circumstance, but unfortunately he has these frailties that I know too well.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

In that circumstance, whether she makes her husband’s children whole — if you agree that his children should have a slice of the pie — would depend on her largesse.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Both of them overburdened and ill-equipped, weak by nature or circumstance, married to strong-willed, selfish men, addicted to the opiate of sleep.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

The previous punishment for idling, as it is known, was £20 but that has now been raised to anywhere from £75 to £150, depending on circumstances.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

Meta says employees won’t access accounts except under specific circumstances, such as a law-enforcement request or a user-reported problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Jean and Joan’s shared existence would otherwise make their days dull and predictable, but their bizarre circumstances let them see beyond their own purview and into someone else’s, even if only for a blip.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

In a hearing concluding at 02:15 BST on Sunday morning, Justice Humphreys acknowledged the "unusual if not unprecedented circumstances... with a parade due to begin in just over six hours' time".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

If any doubt had ever existed it would have been removed by the following circumstances: 1st When Genl.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

According to the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause, “all persons similarly circumstanced shall be treated alike.”

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Asian Americans and Latinos overstaying a visa are similarly circumstanced; however, a blind driver or a ten-year-old driver is differently circumstanced than a sighted, adult driver.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Doubtless most other foreign Powers are similarly circumstanced, and possibly even the U. S. Congress would refuse to bind the U. S. by the Kellogg formula.

From Time Magazine Archive

For Polo, Seilan was "for its size, better circumstanced than any island in the world."

From Time Magazine Archive

The plunder had been startlingly circumstanced, but its issue had been all I could have hoped.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson