as in comes (to)
to enter the mind of
it didn't occur to me to ask until much later
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strikes
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This shade strikes that balance while popping beautifully deeper skin tones.—
Taryn Brooke,
Glamour,
16 Feb. 2026 -
The pin strikes the edge of the rimfire cartridge to send the bullet down the range.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Occurs (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurs%20%28to%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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