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happen
verb as in come to pass; occur
Strongest matches
appear, arise, arrive, crop up, develop, fall, go on, hit, materialize, meet, pass, result, take effect, take place, transpire
Strong matches
befall, betide, bump, chance, down, ensue, eventuate, follow, issue, light, proceed, recur, shake, smoke, spring, stumble, supervene
Weak matches
be found, become a fact, become known, become of, come about, come after, come into being, come into existence, come off, luck, present itself, stumble upon, turn out, turn up, what goes
Example Sentences
What happened to Joaquín could happen to any of us, anytime, anywhere, in a country that has allowed its elected officials to deflect responsibility for their repeated failure to pass common sense gun legislation.
"We need to make sure that it not only never happens again in Chelmsford, but that it doesn't happen anywhere in the country," she added.
"Obviously losing Beth, it's not just shattered my world but so many others and that's what happens with this drug," she said.
"The multilateral institutions that were created to try to prevent these things from happening have stopped working. Today, the UN Security Council and the UN no longer function," Lula said.
The crypto-treasury wave has been a powerful catalyst for the sector in general but we are about to find out what happens when it recedes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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