v. 1 to take place or happen; 2 come to one's mind; 3 to be found to exist
We watched the scoreboard while the game was occurring.
We watched the scoreboard while the game was occurring.
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What had been occurring all summer in Chicago, in 1919?
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What was the natural disaster that was occurring in Malawi?
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What special event will be occurring that Kaia is sad Lainey will not experience with the family?
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What was occurring when Spinner saw hundreds of little gray flies alight on leaves at the water's edge, tremble and split open out of gray casings?
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Not all varieties of quartz are naturally occurring.
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What festivities were occurring in England during 1887?
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What type of weather was occurring when Harris' hat blew off of his head?
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Which war is occurring in the book?
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In Chapter 1, what unusual event is occurring in the Senate Chamber?
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What war was occurring when George ascended to the throne?
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Boxing Day is a bank and public holiday commonly occurring on 26 December.
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Which of the following is not an example of the huge immigration occurring in the United States at the time of this story.
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What historical event was occurring in the story?
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happen; take place; come about; befall; transpire
not take place
3 syllables
oc-cur-ring
blurring
during
hering
heuring
purring
schering
scheuring
schuring
slurring
spurring
stirring
whirring
abjuring
concurring
conferring
deferring
demurring
deterring
incurring
inferring
occuring
preferring
recurring
refering
referring
transfering
transferring
nonrecurring
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