happen
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Analysts say a full recovery, if current flows can be sustained, wouldn’t happen until well into 2027.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
He added that the U.S. was expecting the counteroffensive would happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
There are some baseline things that need to happen in a system that’s working, and nothing is more baseline in a rule of law country than fact-finding.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Jonas thinks investors should take advantage of the opportunity to buy shares before Starship Flight 15, which could happen as early as the end of the month.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
I couldn’t even think about what would happen once Ba came home.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
Their work is our starkest understanding yet of what happens when AI goes wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
This happens especially often with soups that are creamy, starchy or — blessedly — both.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
What happens when a whale washes up on a beach?
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Derating happens when the share price of a company falls, even as underlying earnings are holding up, resulting in a lower price-to-earnings multiple.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
I may not know what I’m doing, but I’m definitely okay with seeing what happens next.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
The chair umpire then conducted a video review of what happened, and ruled that the flickering ad constituted a “hindrance” outside of the control of the players, like some paper getting blown onto the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
While he has not been back to United since, it is not clear whether anything significant happened after that game.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The most extreme Nasdaq-over-Dow divergence occurred in the days leading up to the top of the dot-com bubble, and we all know what happened next.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
A coalition of seven business and retirement-industry groups argues that plaintiffs should have to plead comparators that are “actually comparable,” not just any fund that happened to do better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Accident victims are often too shaken to know what happened, so Dr. Williams turns to Phineas's workmen for the story, but Phineas insists on speaking for himself.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
Organizers had been unable to renew their contract, and Stern suspected something was happening behind the scenes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Also, a recusal without an explanation for why the recusal is happening really gives us nothing at all.
From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2026
Whether I’m opting for a test myself or my physician orders it, I always get a little thrill when technology offers a new view of what is happening inside my body.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
We’re on a group text constantly like, ‘what is happening?’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
I can barely fathom that it’s happening at all.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
