as in to occur
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happen
Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
Most will happen in Milan and Paris, but New York has two entries of its own.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025
The 64-minute installment goes back in time to show exactly what happened on the USCSS Maginot that made the deep space research vessel crash land on Earth in Prodigy territory.
—EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That's up to us to be honest about why that continues to happen and stop perpetuating that cycle of failure.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
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Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2025
Most will happen in Milan and Paris, but New York has two entries of its own.
—Vogue Runway, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025
The 64-minute installment goes back in time to show exactly what happened on the USCSS Maginot that made the deep space research vessel crash land on Earth in Prodigy territory.
—EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025
That's up to us to be honest about why that continues to happen and stop perpetuating that cycle of failure.
—Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happen
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However, that approach is not representative of the advanced work that occurs across the data departments within clubs.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Russell’s touchdown came 3 plays after Green ran for 35 yards on the first play of the possession that began at midfield.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Sep. 2025
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The multi-styler comes with all kinds of attachments, including several long barrels, two smoothing brushes, a round volumizing brush, and a smoothing dryer.—
Isabel Garcia,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Stuart Russell is convinced that there is exactly zero percent chance that this will end well.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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There is speculation that Harry could reunite with King Charles, 76.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Revord does the audio themself, and worked with a dialect coach to perfect British accents and learn how to act without facial expressions or gestures.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Trump has done less of this in his second term, preferring to twist arms and lobby lawmakers privately this time.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Happen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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