circumstantial evidence
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One juror told the media that she and her peers didn’t buy the “holdover” explanation, and weren’t convinced by mostly circumstantial evidence connecting Rinderknect to the original fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
But plausible profiles can be constructed through circumstantial evidence, what we know about both nature and the lifestyle of Pompeiians, and where a survivor might have turned up later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Like a criminal trial with no eyewitnesses, the prosecution of the “Queens of Combat” question relies on a cistern’s worth of circumstantial evidence, which may or may not add up to a case.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
But as it stands that remains a feeling - circumstantial evidence at best - and the first minister's denials were categorical.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Based on leads from informants and from circumstantial evidence, the private detectives began to develop a crystalline theory of the crime.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
