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occur

[uh-kur] / əˈkɜr /




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In the analysts’ most optimistic scenario, which they see as unlikely to occur, SpaceX could be worth $154 per share, or 14% above the offering price.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Taken together, the researchers say these findings suggest that this metabolic abnormality may actively contribute to Alzheimer's disease rather than simply occur as a consequence of it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"At first I just felt dizzy -- it didn't occur to me it was an earthquake, I'd never experienced that before," Carmel Delgado, a 47‑year‑old economist, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Total solar eclipses occur somewhere on Earth roughly every 18 months, but witnessing one from the same location is much rarer.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

The fact that I can make a vacuum in the laboratory, for example, need not mean that a vacuum can ever occur in nature.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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