occur
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"But what is missing is any explanation as to why it did not occur to those making the allegations that the £1.5m represents spending by the campaign."
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
In rare instances, they can occur during heart surgery.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The company expects to issue 341.6 million H shares in the offering, which could occur as early as the third quarter of this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Redistricting, or redrawing the nation’s congressional lines to reflect changes in population, used to occur once a decade following the national census.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
"Like I have a choice! But did it ever occur to you that I might have wanted to go with you? Even for a week? Even for just a few days?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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This motion occurs when a star moves slightly toward and away from Earth as an unseen, massive object pulls on it while orbiting.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Above average temperatures and dangerous levels of heat are forecast to enter the Northeast on Tuesday before the most intense heat occurs on Wednesday and expands into the Mid-Atlantic," said the US National Weather Service.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
It occurs in less than 1% of infected patients.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The most impactful financial education occurs before someone has begun to invest, such as in high school or college, she said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
Then it occurs to me that she hasn’t imagined anything worse than this.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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The World Health Organization estimates more than 1,700 cases have occurred in the country, resulting in at least 600 deaths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Because no such "secondary transit" occurred during the observing campaign, this final test was not needed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
It isn’t just that the values nearly match or that the events occurred at almost the same time, but also the seasonality.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
More than half the deaths so far have occurred in Cox's Bazar, home to a large Rohingya refugee population.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
When an unpleasant thought occurred, she shook her head to clear it out.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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The pair stood trial in Germany because of the legal principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows prosecutions for alleged war crimes, including genocide, occurring overseas.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
The study establishes proof of concept for using naturally occurring bacteria as a cancer therapy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Similarly, officials with the public health department will look for clusters of cases that may indicate transmission occurring in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Research from Florida State University shows that some people with bulimia have a blunted release of the naturally occurring GLP-1 hormone, which the drugs seek to mimic, after eating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Winston heard a succession of shrill cries which appeared to be occurring in the air above his head.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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