happen
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It’s overwhelming these experiences, almost to the point where it makes me wonder, did they really happen or not?
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Those happen to be exactly the numbers Colom’s pollster predicted last month would be needed to win.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
The two gene therapy researchers explain why these treatments are so promising, what makes them different from conventional medicines, and what must happen before they can be safely offered to millions of people.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
Any changes would happen over a number of years.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
There was no telling what might happen if he took the Nanuak into the cave.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
"If that happens, that will also undermine the stability of US-China relationship."
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
What happens to the millions of people who have little or nothing saved for retirement?
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
“The magic happens when you marry the brilliance of human scientists with AI.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
So, when the public figure stuff happens, it’s pleasant, but it’s a very minor part of self-perception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Most of the time it happens around the spring equinox of the year you turn fifteen.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
The good news is that widespread AI-related layoffs haven’t happened yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
“You are going to be asked about what happened on Buddha Hill in the first few minutes of Jan. 1.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We were, during most part of the game, thinking we can win this one. But obviously it hasn't happened."
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
"We will not, of course, be in the majority at that point, but we will be received with the understanding of what just happened," Casten told a press call.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
“La, what happened? What made you panic? That hasn’t happened since your mom.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
“I see the mergers that are happening and all the AI stuff sucks. I don’t like it,” Carrasco said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
But the fact that this is happening while a significant share of index members move in the opposite direction is unprecedented going back to at least 1990, according to Bespoke.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
The event, known as the Great Dimming, raised questions about what was happening inside the aging star.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
He said that this study would help "build an evidence base to better understand what might be happening".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
It’s becoming caustic and accusatory, and I don’t understand how or why it’s happening this way.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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