happen
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If the two Middle Eastern races cannot happen as a result of an escalation of the situation in the Gulf, Imola would step in and hold the season finale on 4-6 December.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Storms, like the nor’easter that dumped rain from North Carolina to Maine over the weekend, happen.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
I’ve heard that money is the No. 1 cause of divorce, and I don’t want that to happen to us.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
“What structure does this protein adopt?” is a more tractable question than “What will happen to this patient if we dose this compound?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
I’m sure they won’t let anything terrible happen to us.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
He said this normally happens when the cycle matures and the Federal Reserve starts raising interest rates.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
How they wound up on the Yankees is the sort of old-fashioned scouting success story that rarely happens in an era where analytics have largely replaced human intuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Instead of creating new content, world models learn how the physical world actually works so they can simulate and predict what happens.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
All parties know that suddenly stepping off the precipice of devolution is one thing but as recent history tells us, trying to get back up over it never happens as quickly.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
It’s an unspoken rule that you don’t talk about what happens during your rite.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The boy told the school what had happened to him in 2024 but an internal investigation was dropped due to "insufficient evidence".
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
That has happened only three times since 1990, he said: in December 1999; January 2000; and now.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
History contends whether or not this really happened.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
That had a lot to do with why the shift happened so big.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“La, what happened? What made you panic? That hasn’t happened since your mom.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Burnham replied: "You're right that what you are seeing in Chorley is happening across the country."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
By analyzing these molecules, researchers can learn about processes ranging from diet and metabolism to what is happening inside the intestines.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
It breaks my heart to see the things that are happening.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026
“I think there is a very interesting play happening here in terms of the public and private.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
Clare and Gingersnipes were too busy bickering to realize what was happening around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
