happen
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“They happen to be living next to a piece of steel, and you’re going to kill them for that? I just don’t think that’s right,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
I know older people can easily feel patronized, and I don’t want that to happen.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
“You need to think in terms of generations, instead of, say, what is going to happen as far as this year’s state budget is concerned, the next elections or even your own lifetime,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
"You never think anything's going to happen to you. But we all do things because we want to lose weight," she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
“How does that happen? What makes it happen?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
A heart attack happens when blood flow to part of the heart becomes blocked or severely restricted.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
“That’s absolutely true, and it actually happens quite often,” said Adronico’s employee Nicholas Del Bosco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
"We make sure careers isn't just something that happens at the end of school, or at transition points," says head teacher Ellen Walton.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026
For what it’s worth, elder financial abuse also frequently happens in secrecy, although that does not mean it can’t also occur in plain sight.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
“As it happens, I didn’t have to come here,” Miss Genovese says dryly.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
"That lets us look back in time and compare this El Niño to what happened in 1997. And right now, this one is on track to be even bigger."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
It’s unclear what happened to the second suspect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2026
Second, you can talk to your cousin, find out what happened with their car, and make it clear that you’re keeping an eye on things.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2026
I tried to understand what happened, but I fictionalized it to a certain extent to have a coherent structure and a theme.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
“You told me what happened with you two and how you grew apart. I didn’t realize he was Black,” Dad says.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
In other words, looking at the species as a whole can conceal what is happening within individual populations.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2026
Right now, growth in the luxury industry is happening at the extreme ends of the income scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026
“I don’t think I’ve ever been as bullish as I have been with what’s happening in our neighborhood,” Goldstein said, as crowds continue to attend basketball and hockey games, concerts and other events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
Without journalists like these, whose work was transmitted to AFP's thousands of media clients, the outside world would have had no idea what was happening inside Gaza, Lam Trong said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
I wasn’t sure what was happening, but I trusted Ma despite the sad, lost air she had about her.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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