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The trouble, of course, is that the events of “The Odyssey” did not occur in history and the people they “happened” to would not have considered themselves Greek.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

And many of those falls occur at home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The team also found that adding a strongly electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl substituent to pyridine can change the order in which the proton-coupled electron and hole transfer steps occur.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

In San Francisco this year, sunsets at 8 p.m. or later occur from May 1 through Aug. 17.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

“I have heard him lamenting her having no instrument repeatedly; oftener than I should suppose such a circumstance would, in the common course of things, occur to him.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

To account for that possibility, a trader’s best strategy is to buy short-term volatility and roll it over until an explosion occurs.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

The solemn dignified transfer, in which the servicemembers’ remains are returned to the U.S., occurs for those who die in the theater of operations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

The newly identified switch-off point also occurs when active sunspot regions move below about 15 degrees solar latitude.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

Poorly managed fires of this type are exacerbated by illicit practices such as deforestation, which is common in areas where illegal mining occurs.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

It occurs to you that you could stay this way, not forever necessarily, but until you could no longer hold your pee.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

One instance of enforcement occurred in 2006, when a former city council field deputy reported her Sherman Oaks neighbors for having basketball hoops near their curbs, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Of the 53 heatwaves recorded nationwide since 1947 until late June, half have occurred since 2010, according to national weather office Meteo-France.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

“The pessimists would highlight that a similar convergence occurred in the second quarter of 2000, which ultimately marked the top for the market cycle,” said the strategist.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

We didn’t have whales, just freshwater fish like alewifes, which stunk up the beaches with annual die-offs that occurred in huge numbers.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Jack noticed Phillip staring at him with a stunned look, and it occurred to Jack that neither he nor May had ever really explained to the prince who May’s grandmother actually was.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

It’s occurring more often, and it’s partly a result of higher production costs and tighter budgets.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

GLP-1 medications like Ozempic are also peptides: they mimic a naturally occurring molecule that regulates appetite, blood sugar and digestion.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

A naturally occurring compound called spermidine may help strengthen vaccine responses in some older adults by reducing biological signs of immune system aging, according to research published in Aging Cell.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

As they did in the semi-final against the Three Lions, they appeared in the first half to be more interested in stopping any semblance of football occurring than playing the game themselves.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

A human rights nightmare is occurring on our watch.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander