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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

When the sun vanishes early and the chill of darkness comes on deep and fast, there has always been an instinct to gather around a source of warmth and illumination for tales of fearsome happenings.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 5, 2025

This family was especially marked, even among the other remarkable mythological families, by the very peculiar happenings which visited its members.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton




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