Thesaurus results for HIT (UPON)

hit (upon)

verb

as in to find

to come upon unexpectedly or by chance the popular belief that Sir Isaac Newton hit upon his understanding of gravity at the sight of an apple falling from a tree

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The easier and often more obvious group of four will become yellow once found all together, followed by green, blue and, the hardest or more obscure group, purple.

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
Emergency crews were dispatched to a home on Horseshoe Drive at 5:47 p.m. in connection with a fire complaint and found that the residence was burning, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department.

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2025

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