Cross
Occur to
Occur to verb - To enter the mind of.
Usage example: it didn't occur to me to ask until much later
Both terms in one sentence
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Transformers has a whole pile of alternate universes which sometimes cross over, and which Hasbro and Takara disagree over which are actually separate and which simply occur to the side of other stories.
Source: The Multiverse -
The Multiverse: The franchise has a whole pile of alternate universes which sometimes cross over, and which Hasbro and Takara disagree over which are actually separate and which simply occur to the side of other stories.
Source: Franchise / Transformers - It doesn't occur to him that this doesn't work when Cross turns out weak and submissive before Edward finds him.
Source: Literature / Truancy
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Occur to and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/occur_to
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