circumstance
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Another circumstance was an injury to Surrey's regular keeper Ben Foakes, one of the best glovemen in the world.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 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
Which brings us to the oddest circumstance of all.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In that circumstance, whether she makes her husband’s children whole — if you agree that his children should have a slice of the pie — would depend on her largesse.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
He was either the victim of circumstance or a criminal the likes of whom had not been seen since the Age of Mortality.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
"I would urge anyone who has information that may assist us in identifying the victim and understanding the circumstances of her death to come forward and speak to us."
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
They have recently reached a point where, in some circumstances, they can navigate in three-dimensional space and even manipulate objects autonomously with just a simple set of instructions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We are currently using the available channels and resources to establish the circumstances of the case."
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
“The suddenness and circumstances of José’s passing make this loss especially difficult to comprehend,” read a statement to The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Under normal circumstances, Penelope would have been surprised that the usually no-frills Miss Mortimer had chosen such an elegant restaurant for their meeting.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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
The moderately circumstanced pay according to their means.
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
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