as in to happen (on or upon)
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With Mark Scheifele and Connor cycling on the outside, trying desperately to find a chance in the middle, Iafallo drove to the net and jumped on a Scheifele rebound, scoring the game-tying goal while off balance in the slot.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025 -
Those few minutes sent students scrambling for cover and barricading themselves around campus until authorities found them.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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This underperformance is partly attributable to the issues encountered by its HPV vaccine, Gardasil, in China due to lower demand.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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On the contrary, all the inputs people encounter, by choice or by circumstance—the news reports, the novels, the films, the celebrities, the radio shows, the billboards, the histories, the satires, the amusements, the truths, the lies—tend to end up in the same place.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Luck (out, on, onto, or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luck%20%28out%2C%20on%2C%20onto%2C%20or%20into%29. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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