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This was the ninth year for the annual World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, and it has emerged as the premier occasion for China to strut its stuff in AI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

DeChambeau wanted a similar intervention, but Trump apparently did not get involved on this occasion.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

Wharton may be an international rookie with only four caps, but he has the class and maturity for the big occasion, as he proved when Palace won the FA Cup and the Conference League.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

That disagreement became the occasion for a much broader critique.

From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026

She was an odd sight, perhaps, but perfectly dressed for the occasion.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Over the years, the S&P 500 and the cross-currency basis swap have moved in lockstep on multiple occasions, with periods of strong hedging demand coinciding with falling U.S. equity prices as liquidity shifted.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The antics were documented on two occasions in 2024 and 2025 off the Gulf of California, according to the research published in the peer-reviewed Frontiers in Ethology.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

On six separate occasions on that March afternoon, Bucknor had his calls mercilessly reversed by a faceless computer unaffected by bias, poor judgment or the fallibility of human eyesight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

“He walked right out from under me on two occasions with no security at all,” said the former official, who requested anonymity to discuss operations in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

“With all due respect, I’ve told you on several occasions that I am not interested in your highfalutin boycott or whatever fancy pamphlet you’re pushing this time.”

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson

"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The notebooks do allude to the depression of his wife, Francine Faure, occasioned by his serial infidelity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

Caesar, Hegel writes, was driven by “an unconscious impulse that occasioned the accomplishment of that for which the time was ripe.”

From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026

The 10th anniversary of Miranda’s Tony Award-winning, culturally transformative musical “Hamilton,” with the duel as its centerpiece, has occasioned a new wave of critical hosannas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025

The crisis this time was occasioned by the death of the Seleucid king Antiochus II, in Asia Minor.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Thursday’s D-Day anniversary — the 80th — is occasioning somber and anxious reflections about the fate of the Atlantic alliance.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 5, 2024

Land in and around Cal State Long Beach is the sacred ancestral home of the Tongvas’ divine founder and lawgiver, Chingishish, and ancient human remains have been discovered there over the years, occasioning ceremonial reburials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024

PC Bettley-Smith, 31, had denied assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2021

But if the ritual is rote and simple, the human stories occasioning it are the opposite.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2020

Theresa poked a finger in a soft spot of plaster, occasioning a moist avalanche.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen