circumstance
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The project itself grew out of an unusual circumstance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Their farewell is accordingly strange and strained, lacking the gravity the circumstance would seem to provoke.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Another circumstance was an injury to Surrey's regular keeper Ben Foakes, one of the best glovemen in the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
Such a circumstance could only exasperate farther, and, when he ceased, the colour rose into her cheeks, and she said:
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Still, Rabat called the crisis "regrettable" and said the events warranted "a thorough examination" to establish their circumstances and "ensure that they do not happen again".
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
"We cannot accept a situation where a child's chances of growing up healthy are so heavily influenced by where they live or the circumstances, they are born into."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The judge raised concerns that the brothers were a flight risk and said there were no special circumstances that warranted their release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
While the fee is set by state tax code, governors can waive it in specific circumstances, as Schwarzenegger did.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Learn to maintain an air of total control despite the circumstances swirling around you.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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
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
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
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