take place
Example Sentences
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The research took place on a quarantined floor of a Baltimore-area hotel and included five participants with confirmed influenza symptoms and 11 healthy volunteers.
From Science Daily
It has about 920 mums following its Facebook page and about 150 signed up to play matches, with one set to take place in Newcastle in April.
From BBC
Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told reporters that security agencies believed the attacks were a "signal" timed with elections for local administrators taking place on Sunday, and "not aimed at insurgency".
From Barron's
Nearly all transactions in Venezuela took place in dollars owing to the hyperinflation and eventual worthlessness of the local bolivar currency.
From MarketWatch
The detentions took place on Tuesday, according to a statement by the church and overseas human-rights groups.
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