as in occurred
to take place
did anything exciting happen over the summer?
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Recent Examples of happened
Out of 34 matchups between FBS teams that have been played at least 110 times, Mizzou-Kansas is one of two that hasn’t happened the past two seasons.
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Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Eight of the top ten drawings happened this decade.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
That had never happened in the Open Era of tennis until now.
—The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
But none of that would have happened had Florida’s offense shown any sign of life, ever.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
So that was when the first spark happened.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Everything happened after that.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Any tactical analysis of the other player’s game is likely to have happened already.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Commissioner Peter Navis later resigned from his position after he was confronted by three of the county's judges over what happened in his courtroom on July 15.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
Eight of the top ten drawings happened this decade.
—Melina Khan, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025
That had never happened in the Open Era of tennis until now.
—The Athletic Tennis Staff, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
But none of that would have happened had Florida’s offense shown any sign of life, ever.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
So that was when the first spark happened.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Everything happened after that.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025
Any tactical analysis of the other player’s game is likely to have happened already.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Commissioner Peter Navis later resigned from his position after he was confronted by three of the county's judges over what happened in his courtroom on July 15.
—John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for happened
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The area where the shooting occurred is largely commercial, including vehicle service, recycling and trucking companies.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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Quatraro said the injury occurred some time before Witt exited in the seventh inning.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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That came just a few days after news broke that Palantir had secured a $10 billion contract from the US Army over the next decade.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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All five of Bednar’s outs came via strikeout on Wednesday.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
7 Aug. 2025
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But with an encouraging slate of opponents upcoming, there’s more hope for this Cowboys team to make a push for the playoffs today than there was yesterday.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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If there was the intention to strengthen in central defence with Jaka Bijol, should that have heralded the right moment to generate more room in the transfer budget with Struijk’s sale?—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Happened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happened. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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