circumstances
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Our legal system seems well prepared to scrutinize and punish their acts of self-preservation instead of examining the circumstances that made those acts necessary.
From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026
She met him during her visit, and discovered that the real circumstances about her separation from her biological family were very different from what her adoption papers said.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Welsh said: "These adverts are pumped at you when you've gone through the most horrendous circumstances - it's like walking through the door and someone's put a cot in your front room."
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
Most states have price-gouging laws precisely because they’ve decided there are limits to how much companies can exploit desperate circumstances.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Natalie didn’t like having her picture taken under normal circumstances, and she most certainly did not want anybody she knew to see her looking like this.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing circumstances
The Vocabulary.com Top 1000
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The Outsiders
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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