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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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I was rooting for the guy the whole time, but it’s like: How can I fall in love with this if I don’t know what’s happening?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

It is why the review team said it could not yet conclude over-diagnosis was happening "at scale".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

That risk is particularly important in the years just before and after retirement: A large market decline early in retirement can damage your portfolio more than a similar decline happening many years later.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

“The best part of New York is everything happening in between where you thought you were going.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

“But isn’t that happening already?” she asks glumly.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.

From BBC ● May 4, 2026

David Lindsay-Abaire sets his comic sights on the contentious happenings within a wealthy suburb’s neighborhood association in a new play directed by Kenny Leon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra, Yorgos Lanthimos’ photography exhibition, Nicholas Pilapil’s new play and more arts headlines and happenings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

This collection of notable happenings, updated every week, will keep you up appraised of ways to join the celebrations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026

So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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