happen

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Because the way all the pieces fit together is so crucial, “Nothing’s About to Happen to Me” doesn’t reveal itself without close attention.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

“Having honor means being entitled to respect,” philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah writes in his seminal book The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen.

From Slate • Aug. 7, 2025

Make it Happen was suggested by Dundee Rep's chairman Dr Susan Hetrick, who'd worked at RBS just before the financial crisis and is now an expert in toxic culture in the workplace.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025

She performed a take on Judy Garland’s “I Happen to Like New York,” interspersed with commentary about how she started her career in the city around the same time “SNL” began in 1975.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2024

Accidents Happen is on the front, along with a picture of a puppy that has a bag of ice on its head and a thermometer in its mouth.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina