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"We are heartbroken that we failed Eleanor and her family and we want to make sure that such a tragedy does not happen again."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Say that’s the going rate for a franchise quarterback, even if those transactions seldom happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
"I've been waiting for a long time for something to finally really happen, and for people to tackle this with a bit more force. I believe that today here is the first step."
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
I mean, I guess it’s conceivable, but I just have a hard time seeing it happen.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026
What will happen to those laws if I save this kid?
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
On a "feeding day", which happens around twice a week, he straps some of his 50-60,000 bugs to his arm and gets on with his work.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The DC Universe’s Batman hasn’t been cast yet, but James Gunn says “it won’t be too long” until it happens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The findings suggest that astronomers may need to pay greater attention to what happens during the earliest stages of star formation, rather than focusing primarily on the effects of exploding stars.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“When an attack happens, those relationships need to work in minutes, not days,” Chen says in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
But now, as I hold the picture up to rehang it on its hook, something happens.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Instead, Bridget Devaney turned to the internet with a proposal that sounded equal parts hopeful and improbable - come to Northern Ireland and celebrate the wedding that never happened.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Village pharmacist, 78-year-old Antonio Garcia Colina, said he had rushed to the scene of the crash in his car shortly after it happened to try to help the injured and witnessed several people dying.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
Mysterious things have happened at the shop before.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
One day I happened upon a social media post by Christian Green, who said he was driving by Bass headquarters and popped in to volunteer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The four months in Scheveningen had been our first separation in fifty-three years; it seemed to me that I could bear whatever happened with Betsie beside me.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"I think it's really important to show solidarity with all the other protests currently happening across Europe, including in France," Milla, a 20-year-old student who only gave her first name, told AFP in Berlin.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
By the time I remember it’s happening, all the good sweets are gone from grocery store shelves, so any visiting trick-or-treaters get butterscotch suckers, breath mints or candy corn.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
What’s happening at home when we’re on vacation?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
"They worked. We checked. They could see what was happening," Puente confirmed.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
There was some exercise-in-chairs class happening that he wanted no part of.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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