as in to come (to)
to enter the mind of
it didn't occur to me to ask until much later
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strike
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An Israeli airstrike struck his home in the Al Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, where multiple generations had been living together, the doctor said.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
20 Sep. 2025 -
Dorn then struck the mother in the face with an unknown blunt object and an Xbox game system, resulting in a facial fracture and severe swelling to her left eye, according to court documents.—
Wren Smetana,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Occur (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occur%20%28to%29. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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