happenings

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The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Other happenings signal that significant changes may be on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Neither can most memoirs, but, at 85 years, Atwood’s valediction to readers shares “many strange happenings, incidents of malice, odd dreams, conversations, joyful moments, ghosts, stupid mistakes, and catastrophes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

It’s been a season of unusual happenings, so prepare for a postseason of the same.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote