circumstance

“Every person who is living on the street has had some tragic circumstance in their life,” he said that day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fielder might be fascinated by motive and rationale, but he’s primarily interested in circumstance, and he understands Holmes’ circumstances perfectly.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although the fate of these characters is known in advance, the circumstance of their ending is not.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

It gave UK fans a flavour of college football, but it lacked the pomp and circumstance of regular games in the US.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

No arguments shall be wanting on my part that can alleviate so severe a misfortune—or that may comfort you, under a circumstance that must be of all others the most afflicting to a parent’s mind.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local investigators have questioned several people about the circumstances of her death.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

That was to Swindon Town, and even then there were special circumstances.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Spanish transport minister said the circumstances were "inexplicable".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

"While some of the circumstances remain unclear, we are confident that this activity was conducted on behalf of a foreign intelligence service," Taylor told reporters on Tuesday outside Metropolitan Police headquarters in London.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

The Adams presidency, in fact, might be the classic example of the historical truism that inherited circumstances define the parameters within which presidential leadership takes shape, that history shapes presidents, rather than vice versa.

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

While waiting for them to speak, the picturesque career of handsome, well-groomed Mr. Cortelyou was envisioned by many of his intimates to those not so circumstanced.

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