happen
Example Sentences
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Some devices ship with residential proxy software pre-installed on them—this can happen with certain low-cost video-streaming systems—and sometimes people download the code unwittingly to their smartphones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Early in the set, Ye asked his technical crew to “make the earth move slower,” which somebody made happen.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
Selling a lot of stock doesn’t just happen.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
But one day there would be change and when it did happen it could be fast, he predicted.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
What would happen if she never made it to the Afterlife?
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.