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“Addiction doesn’t happen from having a lack of willpower or as a result of making bad decisions,” the Cleveland Clinic says.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Minority governments can happen if some members of the parliament abstain from the vote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Or when the married writer-director team in charge of their project isn’t demonstrating what needs to happen with the aid of an intimacy coordinator.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
Ability, pace and character are the characteristics they will need in pretty much every outfield position but, from where they are now, achieving that will not happen quickly.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
I tried not to think of what would happen to her.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
Treyz said the trigger would be “if there’s anything that actually happens from AI,” such as “if the hospitals shut down.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
If and when that ever happens, no one will have expected it.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
"We help people, we train, we nurture, we mentor. We help the next generation because if we don't help the next generation, what happens to our future?"
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
When quarterbacks and receivers are thinking alike, magic happens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
Instead, what happens is genuinely surprising: Theo neatly folds his hands in his own lap.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
“And it just so happened that they fit perfectly with what we were creating.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
They recorded the melting of a magnetic skyrmion lattice as it happened while simultaneously controlling individual skyrmions.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
This research is consistent with what happened during Thomas’ confirmation hearing.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
Both parents went into the sea and tried to save them as they were swept out by the current, he added, and the whole ordeal happened in less than 10 minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
“I saw a Flash of him breaking up with Candace. I guess it happened today.”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
For the third generation farmer, it is "absolutely incredible to move from all hand-done to sitting on the phone, watching what's happening outside".
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The most popular months for in-season managerial departures are November and December, with almost a third of all manager exits happening in these two months alone.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
"I didn't have my phone with me, and I didn't know what was happening."
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
He said the mourners "at first did not grasp what was happening".
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
Clare and Gingersnipes were too busy bickering to realize what was happening around them.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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