happen
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There are also the transfers which look like they could only happen in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The researchers also estimated what might happen if prolonged sitting were replaced with movement.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026
Under current rules, your traditional retirement-plan RMDs won’t happen for another few years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
And while city officials have described the fence as temporary, they have not identified an expected removal date or explained what would have to happen before it comes down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
If it is meant to be, she says, it will happen.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Don’t look for it in the cloud numbers; Amazon’s performance obligations carry a weighted-average term of 6.4 years, so nothing that happens this year will show there for a long time.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
But even if all that happens, it is hard to figure out what the contours of the economy will be, who will win, and who will lose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"I'm sure it was going on at Downton Abbey, but now the lid is lifted on what really happens in these stately homes."
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"It's always a little bit nerve-wracking because very often it happens that you cast two great people, and then when you put them in a room together, sparks do not fly," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
I wiggle the little controller thing—the mouse—but nothing happens then, either.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
He plans to pay the fine — roughly one game’s worth of pay — pass go and roll the dice again like nothing happened.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He addressed the "difficult times" faced by the residents of Ceuta, as he explained the "complexity" of what had happened on 30 and 31 July.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
“What happened on 9/11 is a disaster,” El-Sayed said.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
A similar train of four cyclones happened in 2015, another intense El Nino year, when Typhoon Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio, Hurricane Jimena and Tropical Depression 14E crossed the Pacific at once.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
“La, what happened? What made you panic? That hasn’t happened since your mom.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Each contract ranges in price between $0.01 to $0.99, representing what the collective market thinks of the likelihood of an event happening.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
This is all happening on top of long-term human-caused warming, making the impacts potentially more intense.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"They never bothered to tell us that that's what's happening," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
This is already happening across the 57 Freeway from Angel Stadium, where Ducks owners Henry and Susan Samueli are putting up what they call the OC Vibe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Thankfully, a train approaches the station, and Teddy shouts in delight, then narrates what’s happening.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
