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happing

verb

present participle of hap

as in happening

to take place what wondrous events hath happed this Christmas Day?

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Don’t expect cinematic mega-floods or massive storms happening simultaneously all around the world every day for the next year.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
This adoption is happening while the American open-weight bench thins out.

— Ashish Bhatia, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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