happen along
idiom
variants
or happen by
US, literary + old-fashioned
: to come to or by a place by chance
He was about to leave when his old girlfriend happened by.
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To change this, the researchers developed a risk management framework to help officials understand where and when salinization might happen along their waterways as climate change accelerates.
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
Lifeguards have worked with experts from Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab in recent years to develop an algorithm for when shark sightings or encounters happen along the coast.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Learning how to communicate well takes time and effort, and mistakes are bound to happen along the way.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Nothing ever materialized, but Howard said something needs to happen along those lines.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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Ars Technica, 19 Mar. 2025
Lifeguards have worked with experts from Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab in recent years to develop an algorithm for when shark sightings or encounters happen along the coast.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2025
Learning how to communicate well takes time and effort, and mistakes are bound to happen along the way.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Nothing ever materialized, but Howard said something needs to happen along those lines.
—Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happen along
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“Happen along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happen%20along. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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