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happen

[hap-uhn] / ˈhæp ən /


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“It’s pretty obvious that this is the runoff — this is the snowmelt — and it’s just happening about two months early.”

From Los Angeles Times

These different approaches are happening when the gap between the richest and poorest in the U.S. has widened to a historic high.

From Barron's

That this movie also happens to be the spring’s biggest blockbuster, based on a massively popular bestseller, is even better news.

From Salon

That means Disney and ABC either chose to disregard its existence, or gambled – correctly, it turns out – that the public wouldn’t bother to look too deeply into what happened.

From Salon

On top of that, it’s hard for gold investors to ignore the run-up in gold prices that has happened over the last year.

From MarketWatch