happenings

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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

Then again, it’s all too easy to be distracted from the desultory happenings on stage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 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

A very unusual combination of circumstances has so far saved the runs of the Northwest Miramichi from the destruction that was anticipated — a constellation of happenings that might not occur again in a century.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson