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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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"Why would they pay for a vet? Why would they be bothered? They just leave them. It's happening all over," she said.

From BBC

"Pasha obviously has used humour as a way of coping with what was happening around him," Borenstein told me.

From BBC

Speaking on Capitol Hill, he said: "There are days when you don't want to show up, but you have to keep going. It's heartbreaking that in this day and age this is still happening."

From BBC

But it’s been a while since the Maroons from the South Side have had a showy run like the one now happening in men’s basketball.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scientists knew this massive pollution was happening in what is often described as the "breadbasket of Europe".

From BBC