happen
Example Sentences
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If the 2021 viral moment didn’t happen, it might not have grown at the same pace.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Recessions will continue to happen because history will continue to happen.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Undisputed heavyweight champion Shields is expected at ringside and Price says a bout could happen "sooner than people think".
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
She thinks it will take until the end of the year for that to happen.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
It was one thing to believe that such things were possible thousands of years ago, another to have it happen now, to us, this very day.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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