occur
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Ryan Detrick, chief market strategist at Carson Group, notes in an X post that in the last 75 years the S&P 500 has not seen its ultimate peak of the year occur in June.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
To celebrate Monroe’s 100th birthday on June 1, five photos from the shoot are being auctioned off through proxy bidding until Tuesday morning, when the live auction will occur.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
While blocking highs may not be happening more often, studies suggest that when they do occur the heat and dryness they bring are more intense than in the past.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
And then the very peculiar thing, in its own turn, caused a really fantastically peculiar thing to occur.
From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
Vocabulary lists containing occur
Jim Burke's Academic Vocabulary List
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Make a Run for It: Cur, Curs
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Common Five-letter Words for Wordle, List 4
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