circumstance
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F1’s greatest minds have no scientific workarounds for this year’s unusual circumstance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The project itself grew out of an unusual circumstance.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
Exceptions would be years massively skewed by circumstance.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“He wants to be the hero of any circumstance, but unfortunately he has these frailties that I know too well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He attributed this circumstance to Burnham: “too high an estimate cannot be placed on the industry, skill and tact with which this result was secured by the master of us all.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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This book about adapting ancient poetry in the most unpromising of circumstances explores the fantastic possibilities for connection, for liberation and for violence that can ensue from such reinventions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"I've never seen a case... with a whole package of circumstances and such a delay," said Jaime Campaner.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Under these circumstances, we cannot risk the lives of passengers and drivers," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
Under normal circumstances, unaccompanied minors are defined as children who arrive at a U.S. border alone, with no parent or guardian.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
Bobby was supremely obstinate, and although he could not really justify his decision to play, under the circumstances his tenacity, heart, and pocketbook prevailed.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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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
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
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
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The moderately circumstanced pay according to their means.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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