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happenings

NOUN
current affairs
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NOUN
hard news
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The litigation unveiled the private happenings of Hollywood elite, including texts and emails from Lively, Baldoni and their host of A-list friends.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

They’re all free “drop-in” happenings, with no registration required.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Other happenings signal that significant changes may be on the horizon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Neither can most memoirs, but, at 85 years, Atwood’s valediction to readers shares “many strange happenings, incidents of malice, odd dreams, conversations, joyful moments, ghosts, stupid mistakes, and catastrophes.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

Dobby might have saved Harry from horrible happenings at Hogwarts, but the way things were going, he’d probably starve to death anyway.

From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling




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