circumstances
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A confluence of circumstances plays a role in the numbers, but let’s set aside the total and look at the quality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
His death from leukaemia when she was just 13 had a profound effect on King, who also saw her mother held back by their circumstances.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
Hundreds protested outside the base earlier this week, with a rights group saying two people died, though the circumstances of their deaths remain unclear.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Under normal circumstances, Cerity Partners chief market strategist Jim Lebenthal explained, IPO underwriters are incentivized to reward their most important institutional customers with allocations.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
They touched Mamá’s arm, and our mother did what I feared she might do under the circumstances.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (1952)
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