Occur and Surface

Occur

Occur verb - To take place.

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Surface and occur are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Surface" instead a verb "Occur".

Surface verb - To come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly.

Usage example: no information regarding the stolen car has surfaced since the police found it abandoned on a country road

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Occur and surface are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Occur" instead a verb "Surface".

Nearby Words: surfaced, surfacing

thanks	occur thanks	surface thanks
times	occur times	surface times

Then again, boarders are always at the surface and that is where most shark attacks (human or otherwise) occur anyways.

Source: Just Eat Him
Death can also occur if you are beside a tank, but you happen to touch any portion of the kill zone (immediately beneath the treads) exposed by the ground's uneven surface.

Source: Collision Damage
Hold Your Hippogriffs: In Episode 19, Count Barouhcruz drops a saying, "Do not try to fight against an Olympian sandstorm," referring to the frequent dust storms that occur on the Martian surface.

Source: Anime / Aldnoah.Zero

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