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 strikes me as an inelegant way to write Tommy off the show, if that’s indeed what’s happening.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026 -
When midnight strikes, everything shifts.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Occurs (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occurs%20%28to%29. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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