occur
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"At first I just felt dizzy -- it didn't occur to me it was an earthquake, I'd never experienced that before," Carmel Delgado, a 47‑year‑old economist, told AFP.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
But it requires lots of paperwork, and it's a tough bar to meet: it must be proved that a business is a serious nuisance, or that disorderly, offensive or criminal behaviour is likely to occur.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
I have ordered protein powder in America that took longer to arrive than the entire Maltese national election took to occur.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026
With two black holes acting as gravitational lenses, the region where extreme magnification can occur becomes much larger.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 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
Vocabulary lists containing occur
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Make a Run for It: Cur, Curs
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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