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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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How to speak so someone listens, how to make eye contact, how to focus on what’s happening between two people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Historic gardens are "really on the front line of climate change", said Drew Bennellick, the Heritage Fund's head of lands, seas and nature policy, and "the changes are happening actually quite quickly now".

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

She previously said she was "horrified" when Newham Council put them in the top-floor flat, which needed repairs, and said the authority "could have prevented this tragic thing from happening".

From BBC Aug. 24, 2026

In order to understand what is happening in the bond market, you need to look at table 1.1 in the latest “Budget and Economic Outlook” from the independent Congressional Budget Office.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

While it was happening, time seemed suspended and Jonathan had thought the shaking might go on for days.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

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

David Lindsay-Abaire sets his comic sights on the contentious happenings within a wealthy suburb’s neighborhood association in a new play directed by Kenny Leon.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

Cypress Hill and the London Symphony Orchestra, Yorgos Lanthimos’ photography exhibition, Nicholas Pilapil’s new play and more arts headlines and happenings.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

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

Of course, none of the villagers thought to tell Tree-ear of such happenings.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park




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