occur (EN)

verb

verb “occur”

1. to happen or take place
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   The power outage occurred during the storm last night.
2. (of an idea or thought) to suddenly come into mind
   A funny story from last summer suddenly occurred to me while I was talking to my friend.
3. (in scientific contexts) being found in a particular place or situation
   Gold often occurs in quartz veins.