happen
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Conrad: Carol is going to have to keep scrapping and not let anything worse happen to her son.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
“We’re in the early stages of this work, and meaningful change won’t happen overnight,” Wright said in an Aug. 7 investor call.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
"But no one knows for sure what will happen or not. You just rely on your intuition and survival instinct," the 34-year-old said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Infante, who covers the beverage alcohol industry in his newsletter “Fingers,” has watched that distortion happen in real time.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
As these things often seem to happen, the disaster snowballed.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
It requires precincts to opt in, and only catches abuse after it happens.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
"You always think it happens somewhere else. Well, not anymore. It's happening to us."
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The proposed mechanism depends on what happens when protons inside colliding nuclei reach enormous energies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
And, whatever happens during Grande's upcoming hiatus, you have to hope it's a promise that holds.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“If the worst happens, we’ll have bigger problems than—” Welchman spins around.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Scientists do know that the transition from single-celled life to multicellular organisms happened more than once in different parts of the world.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
When you start googling about the emoluments clause, the first thing that keeps coming up is “What ever happened to the emoluments clause,” as though it was excised from the Constitution.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
"Even though what happened to me was horrendous, I feel sorry for the staff," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
The same thing happened the following night at around 3:30 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
“What happened? One day she was coming over all the time and then she just stopped. Did you two have an argument?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
The more surprising story isn’t what’s happening in the world’s most important crude chokepoint — it’s why the oil market no longer seems to care as much as it did just a few months ago.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
"We track what's happening and where, because our relatives, friends and colleagues are all over Kyiv and the region, so at least we understand what is happening and where," Reshetnyk said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
A similar transition is happening in Ecuador’s Galápagos archipelago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
It’s a conversation happening across the United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
If everything happening was a puzzle piece, they were slowly clicking into place.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
