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Plus, my lawyers and I did not want what had happened to me to happen to others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
They could, like most decent people, consider the allegations and assume that, even if there is not a crime here, what is described should never happen to anyone.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
"It was a numb feeling. You don't believe something like that could happen to one of your mates," Barton Town defender Jack Bulless says.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Going forward, whats going to happen?" said the resident of Whelford, which is next to the RAF base.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It was stupid, but I remember wondering right then if there might be something in this election, some way that things could happen, that would give me a way to do something she might notice.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
Except there was no Presidents Cup last year; the tournament happens every other year.
From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026
And over the past month, they’ve given the world our starkest understanding yet of what happens when AI goes wrong.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
One such risk is what happens if the big bets being made on AI don't pay off.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Similar to what happens in the human brain, miBrains carrying APOE4 developed higher amounts of abnormal alpha-synuclein.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
“That’s on the way to Celia and Stan’s. And as it happens, I’m headed there for dinner. We can go a little early and stop at Stephanie’s hair salon before it closes.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
She is embarrassed to ask others for help but soon finds that it is given swiftly, “as if the helper already happened to be going that way, and no thanks were needed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
It happened at about 10:45 BST on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Stunned comic Rob Beckett told him: "I think you've just done something that's never happened in the game - it is a bold strategy."
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Her family’s lawsuit against state officials and medical providers seeks basic accountability for what happened to her.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
Still very sore from what had happened to him, he mounted.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
It’s not entirely surprising, then, that “Promising Young Woman” has found its way back into the conversation surrounding what’s happening at Cornell.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Even while filming the show in Manchester last fall, Cumming could see it all happening in real time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Machchhar said years of aviation experience allowed him to understand what was happening even while he was injured.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
"Right now, Cuba is like a black hole, we don't know what is happening over there," he admits.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
This was happening directly in front of Charlie.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
