happen
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"We want to make sure that such mistakes or irregularities do not happen again," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Sources cited by the FT noted that a deal might never happen.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
There is a very real fear about trying to catch things before they happen, and often, these products are trying to market a cure for a sickness that hasn’t even happened yet.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
But what if you happen to be partnered with the person making the sound, stuck in a room with him for hours on end like your very livelihood depends on it?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
I can’t see every single thing that’s about to happen before it does.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"The message to consumers and industry is that regardless of what happens and whether the president is able to successfully negotiate that kind of a deal," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Once that happens, people’s behavior often changes, because they feel a “rush of motivation” that commonly follows losing weight, according to Paul.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
Even though mathematicians had suspected this almost never happens for typical problems, they had never fully proven it—until Urschel did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Many zoo studies focus only on what happens immediately after food is provided," Associate Professor Whittaker said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, Owen thought.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
"No, literally this has never happened for anything I've done before," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
In fact, something like that happened amid historic rains in the winter of 2022-23.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
As that has happened, the average expected life of the loans underpinning mortgage-backed securities has been pushed out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
There is a very real fear about trying to catch things before they happen, and often, these products are trying to market a cure for a sickness that hasn’t even happened yet.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It was a long time ago. I can’t remember everything that happened between your mom and me.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"It's a really terrible picture that we're seeing of continued underinvestment and a lack of enforcement to ensure that this isn't happening," he added.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
Here’s the thing about the Neko Health scan: It’s not an MRI, so it can’t see into your organs or skeleton and check for any issues happening there.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
You can be in the middle of the West Village with a million things happening around you, walk through the gate, and suddenly it’s completely peaceful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
And let’s not forget how, in this particular song, what’s happening is that Mills is singing the same lines as Stipe, just a beat or two slower; it’s not an echo, it’s dissonance.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
I found myself zoning out in class, wondering what was happening to her.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
