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

"You forget we're supposed to be in circum 490 B.C.," remarked Jessie Macpherson.

From The School by the Sea by Brazil, Angela

Jam coeli circum tonuit fragor: arma minasque Turbida cum flammis mista ferebat hiems.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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