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occasion

[uh-key-zhuhn] / əˈkeɪ ʒən /






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DeChambeau wanted a similar intervention, but Trump apparently did not get involved on this occasion.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

Wharton may be an international rookie with only four caps, but he has the class and maturity for the big occasion, as he proved when Palace won the FA Cup and the Conference League.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

That disagreement became the occasion for a much broader critique.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2026

The talent pool McKinnon pulls from includes theater managers, retired projectionists, trainees from specialized college programs and even workers in other professions who take PTO for the occasion.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

No, Major Puff had to rise to the occasion.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

“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

The security of Senedd members has been raised on several occasions in the Welsh Parliament recently.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

It was alleged on separate occasions he had started conversation with two women he did not know and insisted they have a drink he had bought.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Friedrich said there was “overwhelming evidence” that he shared sensitive Fed information on multiple occasions with individuals in China.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“On rare occasions will one be an assistant. One must travel to Changing Woman and explain why an assistant is necessary. No, I do not have one.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

"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

Dr Perumbalath resigned, saying at the time it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".

From BBC Jan. 16, 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

Oh, Shun, you scarce can think of the Panic this Word occasioned.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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

Land in and around Cal State Long Beach is the sacred ancestral home of the Tongvas’ divine founder and lawgiver, Chingishish, and ancient human remains have been discovered there over the years, occasioning ceremonial reburials.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2024

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

PC Bettley-Smith, 31, had denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2021

Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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