happen
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One of the charms of baseball is a cliche: Anything can happen — in a single game or in a short series.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
But when a clown’s only trick is shouting into a live microphone, the absolute worst thing that can happen is for the cameras to simply turn off.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2026
Stephanie Alvarez-Jones: A number of my clients and other folks at the National Immigration Project have had this happen to them.
From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026
Education unions said the ideas were welcome but a clear strategy was needed to make them happen.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
Arlo and my dad are pretty used to my knowing things before they happen.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
It could also shed light on what happens when different brain regions fail to arrive at the same conclusion.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
So now the talk has shifted to what happens if Michaels’ run is interrupted because, you know, something happens to him?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
When one happens, the ingredients will combine in a very unpleasant and bitter dish.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
Autumn equinox 2026: When was it and what happens now?
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
When that happens, she closes the eyes of the dead and prays for them.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
"None of that changes what has happened to women in the past but hopefully gives confidence the changes made in the service have had an impact on the outcomes," Russell said.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Just three players this century have had a season with at least 550 at-bats and zero homers, a bizarre statistical quirk that hasn’t happened since Elvis Andrus of the Texas Rangers in 2010.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Notwithstanding what happened to me — and to the attorney my father used — here is how I would counsel my friends:
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
But given what happened to Juarez and Garces Perez this week, what became of that policy?
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
I think back to everything that happened in New Orleans: the museum, the jubilation and hope I felt visiting 1965, and, of course, the soul-crushing visit to the Jump house.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
A Mekelle resident told the BBC's Newsday programme on Thursday there had been no clashes in the city, unlike in the previous war, with most fighting happening elsewhere.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
“Fewer people are paying attention to what is happening in the Black Sea.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Scotty's rib is an unusual exception, preserving delicate structures that provide a glimpse of what was happening inside the dinosaur's body while the injury was healing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
“I had read that symptoms start happening anywhere from 20 to 30 years before you get your diagnosis,” said Lamar, who thought, “Yeah, let me jump in and get ahead of it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
Neither Father nor Betsie seemed to care that this was happening more and more.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
