as in to resort (to)
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After dinner, on weekends, the prime activity is to take a chair by the river, grab a glass of wine or a cup of tea (and a cookie) and look up at the stars in this dark sky region, comparing impressions with other guests.—
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Jena had looked up at the old woman, through a haze of rank blood and bloated flies and plundering weakness, and had known she never would.—
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8 Aug. 2025
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“Happen (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happen%20%28by%29. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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