happen
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Filmmaker Gabriel Mascaro is just over 42, young enough to think like this bathroom-fixated bureaucrat who doesn’t seem to think getting old will happen to them either.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Recessions will continue to happen because history will continue to happen.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Helen and Lee said they feared "another outbreak like Kent could happen again" if the MenB vaccine was not made available to 15-24-year-olds on the NHS.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
She thinks it will take until the end of the year for that to happen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
He clasped his paws, pleading, “So there’s a chance it might not happen? If the Universe changes its mind?”
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.