1
as in things
something that happens
we must make the best of both the good and the bad haps of life
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2
as in luck
the uncertain course of events
by hap and circumstance, he ended up as a cartoonist in New York
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as in quilts
a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed
the hap was a patchwork quilt that the old woman had made herself
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as in happens
to take place
what wondrous events hath happed this Christmas Day?
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What happens in-house should be protected, and none of that should have gotten out.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025 -
And once that happens, the risks do not stay confined to one company.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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There isn’t a ton of video footage of him, but there’s this interview with Robert Ressler and some of that is in the Peacock documentary.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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So, because of that, there is some gaging and figuring out to do.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Haps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/haps. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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