occasion
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“We have to rise to the occasion and act.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Happy hours grew tense; on one occasion, McArthur asked Rear Commodore Bob Lalanne for his thoughts about the election.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
She’s been a filmmaker for a long time, and I think in the back of her mind she always hoped that there would be an occasion to capture this somehow.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
Miss Becky was wearing clothes and jewelry Hill had borrowed from Dillard’s for the occasion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Today is the big day and a very joyous occasion for all of Heliopolis.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing occasion
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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Introducing Rhetoric: Using the "Available Means" (Chapter 1)
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Beowulf vocabulary
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