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How to use the word circumstances in a Sentence?

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Rigidity can lead to vulnerability, flexibility allows for adaption to life changing circumstances.

Aloo Denish Obiero

added by Aloo-Denish
11 days ago

I recognize that people are going to call me a hypocrite, but circumstances do change.

Jay Monahan

Found on New York Times
10 months ago

If it would reveal where a family member was working, you could make the argument (for redaction), but I think that would be one of the limited circumstances.

Virginia Canter

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Only in exceptional circumstances will content-based restrictions be constitutionally permissible under the First Amendment, certainly, the Montana government has a compelling state interest in protecting the health, welfare, and privacy of its citizens, but the statute is so vague that it is virtually unenforceable. A vague statute is, by definition, not narrowly tailored, and as such it will wither under First Amendment scrutiny.

Lynn Greenky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

One of the things we have to remember is China is the second largest economy in the world and continues to grow. We are going to have to – in some circumstances – engage constructively with China like we did around the conference on biodiversity that we hosted with them in Montreal, there’s other places where we’re going to have to be stiff competition to China in terms of market access (and) in terms of investments in the Global South. We need to be able to show that the Western democracies are there to make those investments and they’re as competitive to China.

Justin Trudeau

Found on CNN
1 year ago

However, those circumstances do not give rise to an attorney-client relationship in any form.

Joe Tacopina

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The incident with the American MQ-9 Reaper UAV, provoked by [R]ussia in the Black Sea, is [P]utin’s signal of readiness to expand the conflict zone with the involvement of other parties, the all-in tactic is the constant raising of rates in conditions of a strategic loss and hoping that circumstances would change.

Oleksiy Danilov

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With snowpack in the upper Colorado River system running upwards of 130% of the 30-year median, we have a unique opportunity – perhaps once-a-decade opportunity – to repay the loan, aridity is our present and future and we’re trying to adapt to this unique set of circumstances.

Chuck Cullom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As my addiction evolved over time, I would get in these situations or circumstances where I would get paranoid thinking, on June the 7th, I wasn’t thinking clearly. I don’t think I was capable of reason. And I lied about being down there.

Joshua Boucher/The

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Murdoch has a history of sacrificing loyal lieutenants, but he does it only in the most extreme circumstances, we know that he hates doing it. We know that he tends to try to fight for his loyalists, even for Ailes, certainly for O’Reilly. But when it’s a necessity to overcome a real threat to his business, he’ll do it.

Jim Rutenberg

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In any impoverished set of circumstances be it in Liverpool, or London, or anywhere in low-middle-income countries, people really struggle – women and girls really struggle to be able to manage their menstruation.

Penelope Phillips-Howard

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I believe the crux of this show is about humanity, in this show and in this world of Kingstown, we are watching people placed in very extreme circumstances, it’s a prison town and people make what comes across as dubious decisions. But, within this world, they actually make perfect sense.

Tobi Bamtefa

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is my responsibility to ensure that we are appropriately responding to all evidence that has been presented through Mr. Glossip’s conviction and incarceration, circumstances surrounding this case necessitate a thorough review.

Gentner Drummond

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There were lots of questions about whether an additional dose of polio vaccine was appropriate, and this just opens the door for the use of another dose of inactivated virus, that is injectable polio vaccine, in those circumstances where, for example, a local health department in concert with the CDC might recommend that.

William Schaffner

Found on CNN
1 year ago

On Tuesday, the [ Turkish ] Ministry of Foreign Affairs here informed me that they wanted to confirm if Christian Atsu had been found and rescued, and sent to a medical centre. However, in all the confusion, which is understandable under the circumstances, they are not sure yet which particular hospital or health facility Christian Atsu has been sent to, on Wednesday again, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assured me they are working feverishly to find out which facility Christian Atsu was sent to and will get back to me as soon as possible because I have been on them that I need to go and see Christian Atsu.

Francisca Ashietey-Odunton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When somebody does present with a drug-resistant bacteria or fungus and we really need to rely on one of these last-line antibiotics, it’s usually a challenge to treat from the outset. And so the patients really don’t do as well as a result, in rare circumstances, we run out of options entirely, and in that case, there’s really nothing we can do. Fortunately, those cases remain quite rare, but I am certain that with this growing antibiotic resistance problem, we’ll see these increasing frequency over time.

Scott Roberts

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Circumstances of the death are unusual, and the death does not appear to be from natural causes.

Dallas Zoo

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m a victim of circumstances, my parents were Latino, so it’s George Anthony Devolder-Santos, commonly known as Anthony.

George Santos

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve was intended to ensure that America had sufficient oil reserves in the event of an emergency, under no circumstances should we sell any part of this stockpile to the Chinese Communist Party or any company under its control.

Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The circumstances are that Joe Biden is running, i’m very happy about that. I am not running for president, I’m running for Senate.

Elizabeth Warren

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This has been one of the more challenging tournaments I’ve ever played in my life, considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year. I want to thank all the people who made me feel welcome, made me feel comfortable. Only the team and family knows what we’ve been through these last four to five weeks and this is the biggest victory of my life considering those circumstances.

Novak Djokovic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In my case, I feel like things are just kind of piling on, adding on somehow for one reason or another, it’s not an ideal situation or circumstances to be in when you have to kind of deal with all these other outside factors that are not really necessary during such an important event. Djokovic celebrates during his quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open. Dita Alangkara/AP.

Novak Djokovic

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Donald Trump has declared for the presidency, so that puts him in a position of adversity towards the sitting president, who is overwhelmingly likely himself to seek the presidency again, so there, at a minimum, is the appearance or question of a conflict and very extraordinary circumstances.

Norm Eisen

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We do not know who the author or authors of this despicable act are, but their anonymity does not help them avoid responsibility. We hope that the authorities manage to clear up the circumstances and that justice helps to banish these types of behaviors.

Real Madrid

Found on CNN
1 year ago

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