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Example Sentences

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It didn’t occur to me to ask for free merch until after I’d finished the trail.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

That thought did, in fact, occur to Henry Ford.

From Barron's • May 20, 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

“If there is an attack,” said Dumbledore, “I give you permission to use any counterjinx or curse that might occur to you. However, I do not think you need worry about being attacked tonight.”

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling