happen
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“I could set up a community-based surf report for everybody, and the fact that I happen to be queer made it a little more unique,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
I should try to make the purchase happen, I thought as I walked around Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"I doubt that's going to happen," he reflects.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
That reaction produced the familiar signs of inflammation, including pain, redness, heat, and swelling, similar to what can happen after an injury or infection.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Kiki pushed a stroller back and forth, back and forth, like if she stopped moving, something terrible would happen.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
When this happens, they position themselves based on their team-mate on the wing - with one out wide and one more central.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
This study instead focuses on the ways they interact, and on what happens when those connections begin to weaken.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
However the split happens, it’s yet another twist in the Wilson saga.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
“That’s what happens when you feel discouraged or like nothing’s going to change.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
I wiggle the little controller thing—the mouse—but nothing happens then, either.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
But when it happened, he was so excited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
While it’s unclear if that happened here, Trump Jr. put himself in a precarious position, Montoya said.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
He noted that the nation's "intensely compressed" industrialisation happened in just a few decades, while it took centuries in many Western countries.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner’s first chase happened in the 1949 short “Fast and Furry-ous,” directed by animator Chuck Jones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
One of them, a fellow watchmaker who often came to the Beje on business, seemed especially distressed at what had happened to us.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Céline Dion tribute boat cruises on Seine - complete with costume contests, sing-alongs, DJ sets, are happening throughout September.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
We need instruments that measure what is happening inside them, working models of how emotional states drive behavior, and methods to design them to be pro-social, wise and mentally healthy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public, and we don't feel pressure on that," Altman told Fortune business magazine on Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
He said hoteliers are often "not aware" that "what's happening in their hotels actually constitutes dentistry" and is therefore illegal.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
It was hardly what was happening to me, but the story still dug a little too close to the bone.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
