occurrence
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An unusual occurrence with breadth and the stock market just occurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
When Evans derails the conversation again, a new question pops up — an occurrence in this film as natural and frequent as breathing.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Last month, anglers spotted a giant whale shark swimming off Malibu and Santa Barbara Island, a rare occurrence probably driven by warmer waters from El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
It was an almost unprecedented occurrence from a club that has always been renowned for being careful with investment in their team, and it sent expectations from many Spurs supporters through the roof.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The delusion was deeper, in the core of my mind, which invented in the very moment of occurrence, then recorded the fiction.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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The president said he had "directed the Nigerian Air Force to immediately commence a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash to prevent future occurrences".
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s not merely that security breaches exposing the personal information of up to hundreds of millions of people have become almost daily occurrences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
As far as we know, hacks carried out by AI agents are still quite rare occurrences - but then again, it is largely up to companies themselves to disclose them.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Profit growth has also been unusually high, in large part due to one-off occurrences.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 9, 2026
Ishmael, a native, could not understand how such transitory and accidental occurrences gained the upper hand in their view of things.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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