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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of occur.

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Examples

  • Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • 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

  • Another word occurred to her, but it would have been disloyal to Holland to mention it.

    The Mistaken Wife Rose Melikan 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • The title occurred to him in the railway: 'The Haunted Hotel.'

    The Haunted Hotel: A Mystery of Modern Venice 1879

  • 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

  • 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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