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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
occur .
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Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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However, to counter the argument that despite being generic, Facebook, Inc. 's use of the mark could be described as "famous" (a legal technical term) -- which did arise as I expected -- I also made the factual claim that my use of the term occurred prior to Mark's.
Aaron Greenspan: Facebook Message to The Facebook Effect Author David Kirkpatrick 2010
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Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.
The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010
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However, to counter the argument that despite being generic, Facebook, Inc. 's use of the mark could be described as "famous" (a legal technical term) -- which did arise as I expected -- I also made the factual claim that my use of the term occurred prior to Mark's.
Aaron Greenspan: Facebook Message to The Facebook Effect Author David Kirkpatrick 2010
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The change of the title occurred because of some negative feedback that had MBT's publishers desirous for an alternative handle.
Archive 2008-11-01 a. fortis 2008
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The change of the title occurred because of some negative feedback that had MBT's publishers desirous for an alternative handle.
The WritingYA Weblog: Winter Blog Blast Tour, Day Two: D.M. Cornish a. fortis 2008
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The title occurred to him in the railway: 'The Haunted Hotel.'
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He later suggested that the name occurred to him while his son was playing with a The Most Dangerous Line of Latitude on the Planet Will Oremus is a journalist based in New York, where he is a Gray Fellow in International Reporting at the Columbia Journalism School.
Slate Magazine Will Oremus 2011
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Most of the drama surrounding the title occurred earlier Sunday as China's Bingyu Wang came back to beat Stefanie Lawton of Saskatoon 30-25 in the final women's skins game.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MONTE STEWART LANGLEY 2012
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