as in came (to)
to enter the mind of
it didn't occur to me to ask until much later
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struck
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That suggestion struck a nerve.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025 -
In addition to staffing its own Washington Bureau, MSNBC struck a pact with Sky News that will make the latter organization’s coverage of international affairs available to MSNBC’s audiences in the United States.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Occurred (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurred%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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