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"Watching your baby struggle to breathe and not knowing whether they were going to get through the next couple of hours, of what was going to happen overnight with them," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
These findings show that the transition from a flexible, unspecialized cell to one with a particular biological function does not happen at the same time throughout the embryo.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
Officials, maintaining a show-will-go-on attitude, insist the event, known as “Davos in the Desert,” will happen on schedule.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
It was not clear what would happen should there be serious complications during the operation.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026
“I’m glad now that it didn’t happen, but I hate that I was taken in by such a cad.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Assuring that happens, Pochettino said, is a job for the coaching staff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
This is what happens when New York’s Finest are allowed to do their jobs and empowered by a highly competent and technologically-savvy leader at One Police Plaza.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Although this approach is practical and widely used, it cannot fully explain what happens during digestion.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
"As far as Brydon Carse is concerned, we'll find out what happens in the near future, and there's a chance he can come back and play for England."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
“As it happens, I didn’t have to come here,” Miss Genovese says dryly.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
The moment it happened was for me, of course, extremely shocking and emotional.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Following their move, Paul told the Daily Mail, “When the fires happened in L.A., we just knew that we were done with L.A., so we sold our house in L.A. and moved to Paris.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The researchers identified a feedback loop that may help explain what happened.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Announcing the inquiry, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: "What happened that day must be fully understood."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
The first time it happened I was sure the real raid had come.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
"This suggests that what is happening on the scalp may go beyond the classical shedding seen after rapid weight loss and involve an inflammatory component," explained study author Dr. Bruno Halioua.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
"And I was just interested as to why that was happening."
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“It’s like a sense of betrayal, you know, that happening to my dad … like what was the point in all this?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
What’s happening in France is staying in France bond-wise for now.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
I can barely fathom that it’s happening at all.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
