happen
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Sadly, I couldn’t seem to do anything to make that happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
If you happen to be a New Yorker, have you ever tried to get to your office downtown on the 6 train at 8 a.m.?”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
"I know that people want this to happen faster," Powell told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
One of the charms of baseball is a cliche: Anything can happen — in a single game or in a short series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
I can’t see every single thing that’s about to happen before it does.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
It happens on the afternoon of the second Sunday in September.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Adlakha points to filmmakers such as Assam's Rima Das and Meghalaya's Dominic Sangma whose work, he says, reveals "how complex and multifaceted the idea of Indian cinema happens to be".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
It could also shed light on what happens when different brain regions fail to arrive at the same conclusion.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Platitudes abound: “Whatever happens, life is about learning”; “money doesn’t mean happiness”; “we are each unique members of a shared human family.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“And what happens if you don’t push it back? What if you let it overwhelm you?”
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
What do you think happened to Jimmy Hoffa?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Everyone felt energized by that. We can’t change the past, but we need to acknowledge what happened in order not to repeat it in the future.”
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
"What happened to me is bigger than one artist or one stage," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
The first operation happened just two weeks ago on Sept. 9, in which only about $5.2 billion worth of Treasurys were repurchased despite market expectations of a larger amount.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I saw a Flash of him breaking up with Candace. I guess it happened today.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The next big leap for autonomous tech is happening at your local landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
“We’ve come a long way,” he told the crowd, explaining what it meant that the conversation was happening at all.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026
Is there anything in music happening currently that reminds you of those early days?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Scotty's rib is an unusual exception, preserving delicate structures that provide a glimpse of what was happening inside the dinosaur's body while the injury was healing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
Whatever was happening with Anna May, Frances seemed to understand.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
