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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

She added that the government would "protect people from unfair price rises if they occur to bring down food prices at the till", and was boosting long-term energy security.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 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

“It occur to either of you that maybe the guy doesn’t want his friend’s name dragged through the mud any more than you do?”

From "Dear Martin" by Nic Stone