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happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /


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This sounds like the kind of thing that is more likely to happen when you are being taped for a TV show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

So what might happen if athletic departments lost their tax-exempt, charitable status?

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

But one well-informed Serbian source told the BBC this could happen as early as Monday, when Serbian authorities are expected to release the first results of their investigation.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

“People are not sitting home waiting and wondering what’s going to happen, which is a very different phenomenon.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

If I don’t accept, what will happen to me?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse