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  • present participle of happen.
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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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The bigger concern is that all this is happening on an already much hotter planet.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

“Polymarket is at a real growth inflection point and the biggest global sporting event is happening simultaneously,” says Ari Borod, the firm’s president of sports business development.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

AI’s advances have paved the way for “a multitude of golden ages” happening simultaneously, Bezos said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

She told the outlet that, as it was happening, she hoped someone on the production side would call a halt to it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

He’d never remembered that moment of kindness, for he’d been too close to death to understand what was happening.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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