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

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

Sic igitur magni quoque circum moenia mundi Expugnata dabunt labem putrisque ruinas....

From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by Santayana, George

And without waiting to consult the inclinations of his comrades, Peter broke into the following wild strain with all the fervor of a half-crazed improvisatore: THE CORPSE-CANDLE Lambere flamma ταφος et circum funera pasci.

From Rookwood by Ainsworth, William Harrison