make happen
Example Sentences
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The actors are at their best in their scenes together, which the writers make happen even when it seems impossible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The blockbuster made Mr. Lucas obscenely rich and that allowed him to build the independent Bay Area studio Mr. Coppola could never quite make happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
“A culture is not what a politician, or a CEO, or a pop star says it is. It is what we make happen in our homes.”
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2025
Reshoring it would require "many tens of hundreds of billions of dollars in both private and public sector investment to make happen", according to Mr Bartlett.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
You always think I can make things happen that I can’t make happen.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
