occasion
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On this occasion, Struyven is hiking his targets but providing justification as to why the increases are relatively modest despite turbulence in the Persian Gulf.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
No clerk leans across the counter and demands proof that a candle-worthy occasion has actually occurred.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew described the occasion as one of the most remarkable exits the sport had seen.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
To mark the occasion, he created a profile on X, and within three hours of posting “hello,” he already had 300,000 followers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Rather than lend his presence to the occasion, Adams had taken the four o’clock stage out of town that morning in order to rejoin Abigail.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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It was the place where rained-out sporting events and umbrellas at the Rose Parade were so rare they were occasions for big news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
That’s assuming the stock market performs as it did on average following past occasions when the Federal Reserve began raising rates following a rate-cut cycle — so-called first hikes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The 80-year-old former reality TV star has previously traded barbs with Meghan on a number of occasions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
They said over the past 18 years, Davis implicated himself on four separate occasions through interviews with federal and local investigators, appearances in television and YouTube documentaries, and his memoir.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
“On rare occasions will one be an assistant. One must travel to Changing Woman and explain why an assistant is necessary. No, I do not have one.”
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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"The absence of our lawyers was occasioned by the state itself, not by ourselves," said Besigye.
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
His dismay at Tehran’s recent impertinence, however, has occasioned helter-skelter statements.
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
Dr Perumbalath resigned, saying at the time it was "not a resignation occasioned by fault or by any admission of liability".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2026
The final vote occasioned great celebration among those who had worked so hard to bring it to fruition.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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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
But a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court found her not guilty of two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2023
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
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