have occasion to
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If Indiana fans have occasion to dance and sing along to “Hurts So Good” again on Monday, though, Mellencamp’s tour logistics might become even more complicated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
As an older gentleman, I too have occasion to need a restroom more often than most.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
I rarely have occasion to get upset at him.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2022
I have no doubt I’ll have occasion to put the strategies my students and I developed together into further use next year.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2020
I’m not much of an outside cat, so I rarely have occasion to consider the weather, but in Indianapolis we get eight to ten properly beautiful days a year, and this was one of them.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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