happen

Definition for happen

verb as in come to pass; occur

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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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Many national figures and community leaders have issued statements as the gravity of what happened becomes clear.

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"There's no place for that at the Ryder Cup, no place for it in the game of golf and we are not happy with what happened last week."

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A government shutdown is a familiar situation in the US, and can happen whenever Congress fails to vote through an annual budget.

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The new probe, the speaker said, would be “a committee investigating the previous committee” led by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga, who apparently seems to think that nobody really understands what happened.

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The protests have been happening at night, with police saying they were forced to open fire "in legitimate self-defence" on Wednesday evening to repel the "attack" in Lqliaa, the state-owned news agency reported.

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