View definitions for happened

happened

verb as in come to pass; occur

Strongest matches

appear
arise
arrive
crop up
develop
fall
go on
hit
materialize
meet
pass
result
take effect
take place
transpire

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befall
betide
bump
chance
down
ensue
eventuate
follow
issue
light
proceed
recur
shake
smoke
spring
stumble
supervene

Weak matches

be found
become a fact
become known
become of
come about
come after
come into being
come into existence
come off
luck
present itself
stumble upon
turn out
turn up
what goes

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She said there were "many things that have happened at the school that needed to come out" and "there are some members of staff who know more than they are saying".

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"I don’t know how it happened," Mr Sharif told jurors.

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For Mr Edwards, Waring was "right at the core" of what happened to his daughter shortly before midnight on 24 December 2022.

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Helen says she was terrified to find herself so far from home and unable to talk to anyone about what had happened.

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She adds: "I knew then what had happened. I knew."

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