happen
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That isn’t likely to happen against the Cardinals, who reminded us against Dallas that they don’t give up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
"We never expected something like this to happen," they told BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Those happen to be exactly the numbers Colom’s pollster predicted last month would be needed to win.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
To project what would happen if the entire United States adopted permanent daylight saving time, they assumed students would generally be leaving for school at around 8 a.m.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Kiki pushed a stroller back and forth, back and forth, like if she stopped moving, something terrible would happen.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
What happens to the tens of millions of people like her with little or nothing saved for retirement and no safety net?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
And when that happens, it’s an opportunity Liquid AI is looking to capitalize on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
There’s just a lot of eye rolling that happens if the conversation ever comes up, and apologies do come up as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
"If that happens, that will also undermine the stability of US-China relationship."
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The one day I don’t ride the bus and something big happens.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The good news is that widespread AI-related layoffs haven’t happened yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“You are going to be asked about what happened on Buddha Hill in the first few minutes of Jan. 1.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We were, during most part of the game, thinking we can win this one. But obviously it hasn't happened."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
But Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow James Lindsay told AFP that "the historic drubbing that Republicans took on election day happened for reasons that go well beyond Iran."
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Accident victims are often too shaken to know what happened, so Dr. Williams turns to Phineas's workmen for the story, but Phineas insists on speaking for himself.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
I just clicked on the television, and the opening credits were happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
But the fact that this is happening while a significant share of index members move in the opposite direction is unprecedented going back to at least 1990, according to Bespoke.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The event, known as the Great Dimming, raised questions about what was happening inside the aging star.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said that this study would help "build an evidence base to better understand what might be happening".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
An explanation for all the weird stuff happening would have been nice, I guess.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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