make happen
Example Sentences
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The blockbuster made Mr. Lucas obscenely rich and that allowed him to build the independent Bay Area studio Mr. Coppola could never quite make happen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
It’s not about deprivation—it’s about confidence, creativity, and a little quiet pride in what you can make happen in your own kitchen.
From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026
Reshoring it would require "many tens of hundreds of billions of dollars in both private and public sector investment to make happen", according to Mr Bartlett.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
“That is the one thing I tried to make happen ever since I was 11 years old. I wanted to change tennis.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
You always think I can make things happen that I can’t make happen.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
