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Example Sentences

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"It didn't occur to me for a moment that I shouldn't leave school at 15 and start working."

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

This group has so far never met a decline not worth buying, or difficult market conditions without a silver lining, which raises a disturbing question: What horror must occur to scare them?

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

At no time did it occur to me that this was the precise behavior I had judged in the ’70s Iranian activists and ’90s Southern evangelicals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

But did it occur to me as a plausible scenario?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026

‘You should allow it to occur to you,’ the BFG said.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl