occasion
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On that occasion, having handed the main prize over, he remained on the stage for a few seconds alongside James and goalkeeper Robert Sanchez before eventually departing to the rear.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
This was the ninth year for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, and it has emerged as the premier occasion for China to strut its stuff in AI.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
DeChambeau wanted a similar intervention, but Trump apparently did not get involved on this occasion.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
That disagreement became the occasion for a much broader critique.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Some are more short-tempered than others, but on one occasion I had a whole team mad at me.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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The antics were documented on two occasions in 2024 and 2025 off the Gulf of California, according to the research published in the peer-reviewed Frontiers in Ethology.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
Italy's men's national team has been managed by an Italian throughout its history except for two occasions.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
On six separate occasions on that March afternoon, Bucknor had his calls mercilessly reversed by a faceless computer unaffected by bias, poor judgment or the fallibility of human eyesight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“He walked right out from under me on two occasions with no security at all,” said the former official, who requested anonymity to discuss operations in Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
On rare occasions one of Livermore’s relatives or friends attended these sessions; but most evenings Charles and Kate sat alone, in the dark, holding hands.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
But by excluding the locals, the FBI has now occasioned the public to question who should be doing that investigation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
He said it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2025
The buzzing occasioned by his action would not diminish for years.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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Such supernatural activity is accompanied by extreme close-ups of an eye, occasioning thoughts of Sauron, and sometimes an unintelligible voice that occasions thoughts of the Beastie Boys’ ”Intergalactic.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2024
Thursday’s D-Day anniversary — the 80th — is occasioning somber and anxious reflections about the fate of the Atlantic alliance.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024
The court heard Sekanjako, who was born in Uganda, had a previous conviction for assault occasioning actual bodily harm from 2013.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2023
In his lawsuit seeking damages for violations of his constitutional rights, Kilborn says he had used this identical hypothetical for 10 years without occasioning comment, let alone campus convulsions.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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