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They’ve been a strong partner of the tenant protections that I helped pass and were a huge voice for charter reform, including some of the things that didn’t happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Faux, who has been covering the currency much longer than I have, told me he has “given up predicting what’s going to happen to Bitcoin’s price.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
"She insisted nothing would happen to her, saying: 'I haven't done anything wrong, and am only coming to raise my children.'"
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
But his appointment also tells us what Buffett fears could happen to Berkshire without him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
It will happen sometime in the next week.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
Study co-author Professor James Murphy said the discovery revealed a 'smoldering' molecular problem and encouraged the researchers to focus more closely on what happens at the beginning of the disease process.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Golding has tried to play down the significance of going up against his old boss—who happens to be the most hated man in Mississippi.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
If the new garbage happens to be more ethical and sustainable than the old garbage, he can live with that.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Whatever happens on the listing front, experts say India's biggest trophy asset is entering totally uncharted territory.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
I still don’t know what happens when my time is up.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Bass: How do I think it happened that I was out of the country?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Not so handily, they tell completely different stories about what’s happened this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Times: Why, or how, do you think that happened?
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
"I don't want what happened to me, to happen to any other students. I want justice," she told the BBC.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
I consider what it would be like if such a scenario happened, and I’m so caught up in the fantasy that I lose track of what he’s saying.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
This is not currently happening in the U.S., but since it has devastated other countries, I was eager to speak with someone who had experienced that worst-case scenario firsthand.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
Phobos is unusual not only because of its mysterious past, but also because of what is happening to it today.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
But no part of Saturday’s road effort felt satisfying while it was happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
If humanity doesn’t exist on a binary, perhaps the emphasis shouldn’t always be on trying to see eye to eye; otherwise, no one can take a clear look at what’s happening in the periphery.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
I rubbed my eyes, wondering dazedly what was happening, then froze, hearing the hum.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
