mysterious circumstances

collocation in English

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mysterious
adjective
uk
/mɪˈstɪə.ri.əs/us
/mɪˈstɪr.i.əs/
strange, not known, or ...
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circumstance
noun
uk
/ˈsɜː.kəm.stɑːns/us
/ˈsɝː.kəm.stæns/
a fact or event that makes a situation the way ...
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(Definition ofmysteriousandcircumstancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A pilot project ended after one of its leaders was found dead under mysterious circumstances.
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Not long ago a leader of the democratic opposition died in mysterious circumstances, following the death of another opposition leader earlier this year.
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Their fears and suspicions have been aroused by the mysterious circumstances attached to the summit meeting and the lack of information.
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It may be no coincidence that, as we have heard, two opposition politicians died in mysterious circumstances after revealing dishonest machinations by the presidential clan.
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Many people who have called the regime into question have disappeared in mysterious circumstances.
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The general manager of the health authority, like his predecessor, has left to go further up the hierarchy, and the chairman has left office in somewhat mysterious circumstances.
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Her family was part of a research group that became isolated and then lost under mysterious circumstances.
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She then disappeared under typically mysterious circumstances and is almost certainly dead.
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However, his reports were ignored, and he later died under mysterious circumstances.
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His gaming license was revoked in 1989, and he died in mysterious circumstances a few months later.
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In a refugee detention camp there, he discovers many of his countrymen are disappearing under mysterious circumstances.
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Discussions about the mysterious circumstances of his death continued for some time.
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Several resource ships sent out to acquire these minerals, but many of them are destroyed under mysterious circumstances.
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The rails from the disused railway were torn up early in 2006 under mysterious circumstances and some were carted off.
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He was therefore declared insane, and shortly thereafter died in mysterious circumstances.
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Both of their spouses had died under mysterious circumstances.
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Vagif was imprisoned and awaited death the following morning, but was saved when the shah was assassinated that very night under mysterious circumstances.
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After dying early and under mysterious circumstances, his name is now little known and has all but vanished from conventional literary biographies of the period.
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He also inherited his throne via palace intrigues in which number of heir apparents died under mysterious circumstances.
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