Come upon and Occur

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Come upon verb - Find unexpectedly.

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Occur and come upon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occur" instead a verb "Come upon".

Occur verb - To take place.

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Come upon and occur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Come upon" instead a verb "Occur".

Granted, this still doesn't explain some of the fights that occur before they come upon those pills.

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