happen
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“It may as well happen now,” he added.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
I should try to make the purchase happen, I thought as I walked around Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
There has long been an acknowledgement that something needs to change to ease the burden on individuals - the difficult part has been making it happen.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Before that can happen, however, these machines need to become much more dependable.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
But I will not stand by and let this Flash happen.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
However the split happens, it’s yet another twist in the Wilson saga.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“That’s what happens when you feel discouraged or like nothing’s going to change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The film's simple premise involves what happens when a wish comes true.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
As the new prime minister's universe settles, a key Labour figure observed: "We've had the amuse–bouche and it was very tasty. What happens next?"
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“What happens if Lou Ann says we can’t stay?”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The incident, which wasn’t previously linked to OpenAI, happened two months before July’s Hugging Face hack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
The way The Wall Street Journal described what happened next, Taco Bell essentially built a lettuce war room.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
“A lot of apathy, for sure, because change hasn’t really happened here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Everything happened in seconds," she said, adding that those who made it off the ship had not even had time to put on life jackets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
It explains what happened to our knowledge of the brain as a result.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
"Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don't feel pressure on that," Altman told Fortune business magazine on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
So when, like Tom, we can no longer pretend that truly terrible things aren’t happening, what should we do next?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She realised what was happening around them was no accident.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
One reason nothing is happening is an inertia from government officials who do not know want to do.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
He clawed at the stall wall in a panic, until, suddenly, he understood what was happening.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
