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occur

[uh-kur] / əˈkɜr /




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The scope of the sweeps appears to be down from last summer’s operations but continue to occur from street corners in Boyle Heights to downtown L.A.’s Fashion District.

From Los Angeles Times

It is unusual for attacks to occur in the capital.

From Barron's

The meeting occurred when Michelangelo paid the Venetian a courtesy visit in his rooms at the Belvedere Palace in the company of Giorgio Vasari, the celebrated biographer, and saw “Danaë.”

From The Wall Street Journal

When funding stalemates occur in other countries, government activity generally continues with the existing levels of funding until new monies can be agreed upon.

From The Wall Street Journal

This occurs when cancer cells move into and spread along nerves.

From Science Daily