happen
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Analysts had been expecting the rebound to happen for the past two weeks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
I would not be surprised if it influenced Eddie's thinking about whether to stay or go, and it also makes me worry about what will happen next.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
"The question from the model's perspective is, 'What is the sequence of evolutionary changes that needs to happen to explain the variation we can see today?'"
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
Commingling could happen, for example, if your friend bought a house before she married and her husband contributed financially to a significant renovation or made mortgage payments.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
There was no telling what might happen if he took the Nanuak into the cave.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
“For the question of what happens after Trump, the answer is who knows?” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That premise doesn’t come with a carve-out for whichever branch of government happens to be asking for the redesign.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
More research will be needed to determine whether the laboratory findings reflect what happens in the human body.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026
“Rejecting an endorsement is rare, but it is something that occasionally happens if a certain individual, company or industry is seen as too controversial or too highly charged,” Issue One’s Beckel said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
"Well, I will tell you what happens," Mr. Weiss went on.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Elliot notes, a bit melodramatically, that while Erika “led me down the path to my destruction,” he actively assented to everything that happened to him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
In the past, that has happened because you have a hard time proving your value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
So I asked Molly to explain what happened this morning, what more broadly is going on with Republicans and COVID-19, and what, if anything, from today’s dustup will matter down the road.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
In 2026, the leak allegedly happened before the paper left the NTA, with teachers accused of leaking it from within the system.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“What happened? One day she was coming over all the time and then she just stopped. Did you two have an argument?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
"I was like 'oh my God, it's happening, he's done it'. That's what I kept telling myself. It was pride and relief because it's been years, and it was all worth it."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Because these elements respond in similar ways during melting, their chemical patterns can reveal what was happening inside the mantle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
For Ravasi, the biggest challenge lies in "just convincing the stakeholders, government and politicians that climate change is happening, and we need to stop it immediately".
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
So it’s a bit jarring that when Chinese stocks sold off hard this month, regulators pointed the finger not at anything happening in China, but at “境外输入性风险”—or risk imported from abroad.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This was happening directly in front of Charlie.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
