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  • present participle of happen.
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happening

[hap-uh-ning] / ˈhæp ə nɪŋ /


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What is happening with World Cup ticket prices?

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“We are working to identify the cause and strengthen safeguards to prevent this from happening again.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

So were its transport systems: If this were happening two years ago, the agency likely would have managed the conveyance of Ebola samples from suspected outbreaks to Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, where they could be tested.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

She doesn’t really understand what is happening to us.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret




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