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happenings

NOUN
current affairs
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NOUN
hard news
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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

They’re all free “drop-in” happenings, with no registration required.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 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

Neither can most memoirs, but, at 85 years, Atwood’s valediction to readers shares “many strange happenings, incidents of malice, odd dreams, conversations, joyful moments, ghosts, stupid mistakes, and catastrophes.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

This family was especially marked, even among the other remarkable mythological families, by the very peculiar happenings which visited its members.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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