real-life event

collocation in English

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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Another less-rememberedreal-lifeeventalso helped inspire the novel.
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Another scene from the movie is also based on areal-lifeevent.
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The song was based on areal-lifeevent.
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It is the fact of mutual addressivity, of engagement, and of commitment to the context of areal-lifeevent, that distinguishes truth from untruth.
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Lacking in theoretical pretensions, it offers an arsenal of information permitting students to enrich paradigms and other abstractions with real-life events.
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The paper has augmented those laboratory findings by embedding theoretical concepts of social influences on memory in temporally and contextually relevant real-life events.
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All legal protection is bound to be based on real-life events.
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The comic draws heavily from real-life events in the computer software industry and lampoons those events through its cast of characters.
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The films have also included a bizarre element of foreshadowing two real-life events that both occurred in 1995.
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This has led to some interesting parallels with real-life events.
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Beyond the pretext, the black notebook is an ample excursion into a sordid, self-destructive and peripheral environment, where real-life events merge with the purely fantastical.
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Many parts of the story were inspired by real-life events experienced by some of the staff members of the series.
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