as in to happen
to take place
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The collision occurred around 10:40 a.m. while the planes were taxiing, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
In a filing to California regulators on Jan. 27, Edison said a fault occurred on the Eagle Rock-Gould line located about five circuit miles away from the area where the fire started and caused an increase of current across the company’s transmission lines.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The researchers found that another sharp increase occurred about 2,150 years ago, which coincides with the Roman conquest of the Greek peninsula in around 146 B.C.E.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Large reentries occur almost weekly, the study authors note.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025
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Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2025
In a filing to California regulators on Jan. 27, Edison said a fault occurred on the Eagle Rock-Gould line located about five circuit miles away from the area where the fire started and caused an increase of current across the company’s transmission lines.
—Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
The researchers found that another sharp increase occurred about 2,150 years ago, which coincides with the Roman conquest of the Greek peninsula in around 146 B.C.E.
—Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
Large reentries occur almost weekly, the study authors note.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Occur.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occur. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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