happening

Example Sentences

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In part, it’s a time capsule, recording the rise in the popularity of soul food, especially in northern cities, that was coincident with the Second Great Migration happening during this period.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Ageing is something that we're just watching happening", he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme, adding: "We know that adaptation is the way forward".

From BBC

"These new molecules have provided, for the first time, the ability to see single cells independently activated, almost as if you're using a very special, sensitive movie camera to record brain activity while it's happening."

From Science Daily

And I think a large amount of people also want to go back there a little bit, to this time where the internet was just kind of happening.

From Los Angeles Times

“We did not speak specifically about children or about schools, but it shouldn’t be happening.”

From Los Angeles Times