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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happened (by)
looked up
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Petrosian hardly looked up as the other skaters competed, not even as Liu took the ice and the audience roared with every skill Liu completed.—
Alice Park,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026 -
During a call with a reporter, Piomelli looked up HHC on PubMed, the research library run by the National Institutes of Health.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Happened (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happened%20%28by%29. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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