occasions
Example Sentences
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Even on the rare occasions when they scored, the Americans were drowned up by the earsplitting whistles from the crowd.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
On the few occasions when Trading Standards can shut a business permanently, it's generally by working with landlords, who evict tenants.
From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026
The stores sell dresses for proms, special occasions and quinceañeras, a Latin American rite of passage celebrating a young girl’s 15th birthday and her transition to adulthood.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
The setup emerged after the stock failed to break above a bullish ascending triangle in late February, encountering resistance near the $125 level on three separate occasions.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
This discipline is of such efficacy that not only does it maintain those who were born princes, but it enables men of private station on many occasions to rise to that position.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
