occur
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When they did occur, Sandel said they were "a little more intense, a little more aggressive".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Finding the place where the rain will occur is difficult; the going is hard and the environment is deadly.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
I’m there to smooth out all of the snags that sometimes occur when nobody’s in charge.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
It helps scientists better estimate how often impacts occur, which is important for assessing risks to spacecraft and future human missions.
From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026
It did not occur to Browne that the notion of intellectual property owed as much to Columbus as to the printing press.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing occur
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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