occasion
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On this occasion, Struyven is hiking his targets but providing justification as to why the increases are relatively modest despite turbulence in the Persian Gulf.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
No clerk leans across the counter and demands proof that a candle-worthy occasion has actually occurred.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew described the occasion as one of the most remarkable exits the sport had seen.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Steinem seized the occasion to tell the BBC that she hoped her legacy "might help individual people... to become more the unique, valuable, loved and lovable person that they want to be."
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Penelope, Simon, and the Incorrigible Lumleys gathered for the special occasion.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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The mother-of-three said she has had to adjust to life with her condition, sometimes not being able to attend family occasions or play with her children because she is exhausted.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
The 80-year-old former reality TV star has previously traded barbs with Meghan on a number of occasions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
This year, the S&P 500 is already approaching the total number of such occasions seen in all of 2025.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
Broke up play and won ball back on a number of occasions.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
This discipline is of such efficacy that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but it enables men of private station on many occasions to rise to that position.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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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
The notebooks do allude to the depression of his wife, Francine Faure, occasioned by his serial infidelity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 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
That cry usually occasioned a dozen mirrors thrust out of cells so that inmates could get a good look at her.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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
"The CPS has today informed the court that we will seek a retrial of PC Ellen Bettley-Smith for an assault on Dalian Atkinson occasioning actual bodily harm," CPS head of special crime, Rosemary Ainslie, said.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021
The reality of globalization and the cyber revolution is likely occasioning another reformation of Christianity.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2017
Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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