circumstance

It came about through a confluence of circumstances.

Under the circumstances, this analogy is a poor one, maybe even inappropriate, but that doesn’t make it less true: What Mayor Bowser and the District need is a “bad cop.”

The mortgage agreement for the Arizona property required them to occupy the home as their “principal residence” for at least a year, barring “extenuating circumstances” or the lender allowing them to violate the stipulation.

“I have no knowledge of the circumstances surrounding Ms. Maxwell other than what is reported in the news,” Schnitt said in the statement.

Indeed, the rushed circumstances surrounding his Arsenal loan last season have acted as a cautionary tale.