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Cartier also has to spend heavily on advertising to ensure the brand is at the top of consumers’ minds when celebrating a special occasion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

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 last time the Incorrigibles had attended a grown-up dinner party had been at Christmas, and on that occasion, well . . . to put it delicately, all squirrel had broken loose.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

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

“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 beachfront hotel was lovely but it was difficult to reach guest services on multiple occasions and there was construction outside my room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

"On too many occasions cameras are zoomed in, showing super slow-motion action replays of athletes in undignified positions."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

We no longer had milk in the house, except for the youngest child; curds and butter were beyond our means except on rare occasions.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

"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

And Carthage’s defeat in the Third Punic War in 146 B.C. occasioned 600 years of Roman supremacy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The 10th anniversary of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning, culturally transformative musical “Hamilton,” with the duel as its centerpiece, has occasioned a new wave of critical hosannas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

We know merely what disasters his mendacity occasioned.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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 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