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"text": "Though war is a terrible thing, it is necessary under certain circumstances."
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"text": "Given the circumstances, I think we need to be flexible."
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"text": "We hadn't planned it, but we ended up together by circumstance."
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"Circumstance is the events that affect you but that you cannot control."
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