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happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /


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“That didn’t happen in this case, did it?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

It’s an extremely chance meeting, but these kinds of things happen all the time.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“People are not sitting home waiting and wondering what’s going to happen, which is a very different phenomenon.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

But one well-informed Serbian source told the BBC this could happen as early as Monday, when Serbian authorities are expected to release the first results of their investigation.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

We had no more than entered the bottoms when things began to happen.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls