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[uh-kur] / əˈkɜr /




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Syrskyi does not deny that such situations occur on the front line.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That’s where sequence-of-returns risk comes in: The order in which gains and losses occur can matter greatly when you are withdrawing money.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

These effects may occur because the neck plays an important role in helping the brain understand the position and movement of the head.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Salesforce stock rises as Bank of America double upgrades the software stock with AI disruption unlikely to occur.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

While tsunamis can occur anywhere in the world, the shape of the coast in the Tohoku region makes them particularly devastating.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

One promising technique relies on the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect, which occurs when energetic particles inside galaxy clusters scatter radiation from the cosmic microwave background, the faint afterglow of the Big Bang.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026

Estrangement typically occurs on a continuum—and parents don’t always recognize the signs, says Kristina Scharp, a communication professor at Rutgers University who studies the issue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

This involves preparing the atomic nuclei so that their spins are aligned before fusion occurs, which can increase the fusion reaction rate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

There are also psychological and behavioral reasons why incessant checking of your portfolio occurs — and why it can be counterproductive.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

As I laugh with my new friend, I feel a comforting squeeze in my heart, and it occurs to me that I had nothing to worry about.

From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan

That progress occurred, she said, even as homelessness went up citywide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

It did not say when the arrest or court hearing occurred.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

It’s unlikely that, even if fraud occurred, she was the driving force behind any of it.

From Slate ● Oct. 13, 2026

In the early hours of the following morning Gethings sat just inches away from Armstrong in the VIP viewing box at the Kennedy Space Center when Apollo 17 lift-off occurred at 00:33 local time.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The gravest issues seem to have occurred among the partisans, the guerrilla resistance fighters on the German-occupied side of the front lines.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Strater said similar ICE arrests were occurring in the Coachella Valley and in Ventura County, where a preliminary injunction is in place restricting civil arrests without a warrant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Currently, the most extreme high tides are occurring between 10 and 11 a.m., with milder secondary high tides between 11 p.m. and midnight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Their findings indicate that naturally occurring dairy trans fats act differently in the body from industrial trans fats.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

But attacks are intensifying, with more than half of all strikes on locomotives since then occurring this year alone, according to the state-owned operator.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The first, occurring between 100,000 and 50,000 years ago, probably was made possible by genetic changes in our bodies: namely, by evolution of the modern anatomy permitting modern speech or modern brain function, or both.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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