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occasion

[uh-key-zhuhn] / əˈkeɪ ʒən /






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Wallace’s teammates — who clearly are enamored with his energy as a two-way player — like to playfully make fun of him, on the rare occasion he messes up.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 25, 2026

Scottish singer KT Tunstall's rendition of No Scotland No Party – another anthem of the Tartan Army this summer – later in the evening was fitting on this occasion.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

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

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

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

There was only one occasion, Jefferson confided, when a decision by Adams struck him as “personally unkind.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

His pace and energy has helped Celtic on numerous occasions but the 2025-26 campaign is what he will be most fondly remembered for.

From BBC Jul. 25, 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

Sacks has warned on many occasions, according to Curi, against “regulatory capture” that would stifle competition and benefit the biggest labs.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

The trademark Adams style might be described as “enlightened perversity,” which actually sought out occasions to display, often in conspicuous fashion, his capacity for self-sacrifice.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

"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

“Into the Woods” occasioned Peters’ best work, including a duet with Salonga of “Children Will Listen” and a coup de théâtre involving Little Red Riding Hood’s costume.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2025

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

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

Such supernatural activity is accompanied by extreme close-ups of an eye, occasioning thoughts of Sauron, and sometimes an unintelligible voice that occasions thoughts of the Beastie Boys’ ”Intergalactic.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2024

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

In his lawsuit seeking damages for violations of his constitutional rights, Kilborn says he had used this identical hypothetical for 10 years without occasioning comment, let alone campus convulsions.

From Washington Post Feb. 11, 2022

Thirteen weeks into his voyage, Jakub’s wife, Lenka, leaves him, occasioning a major reckoning with his motives for undertaking such a dangerous mission.

From New York Times Mar. 8, 2017

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

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen




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