happen
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"I never thought this would happen in my lifetime."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
It can happen — for example, if you inherit from a sibling who never married or had children — but it’s far less common than inheriting from a parent or grandparent.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
“That didn’t happen, but what did happen is that Kolby found a way to come back full circle to the basic principles of love and aloha.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
And IBM would be the bridge making this happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“And more. You’ve had a narrow escape. You’re one lucky boy. What if the fire had spread into that sugarbush grove? Do you happen to recall whose particular grove that is?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
“You can’t describe the feelings because everything happens so fast,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
But what happens when the very existence of your twin is a lie?
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
What happens when you launch a 671-hp Bentley up the Duke of Richmond’s treacherous driveway?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
To try to determine why, he joined Dr Valter Longo, a specialist in ageing from the University of Southern California in the US, to replicate what happens in the body of a person with Laron syndrome.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“A coincidence,” Glory said, “is something that happens by chance.”
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
Ockenden's review team also investigated what happened, and said the documents were sent to Natalie in response to her SAR.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
"So, evidence preserved on the Moon's static surface can be used to infer what happened on Earth and Mars in ancient times."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
“This hasn’t happened as long as I can remember, so we’re definitely going to have to have all hands on deck to think about how we’re going to safely recover the boat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
“It all happened very quickly,” he said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
I can see Grandma Sadie looking at me intently, no doubt wondering what happened when I met with Wes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
Efforts to prevent this from happening gained urgency after an Air Busan flight in South Korea last year was consumed by a fire caused by a power bank in an overhead bin.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“He’s unable to process what’s happening in front of him.”
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
Vargas, 40, said his adrenaline was so high that he wasn’t completely processing the situation as it was happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
Laverne said the risk of that happening in her case was "pretty low".
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“Betsie! Hurry! Something awful is happening at Weil’s!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
