Example Sentences

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The university’s administration had alleged to police that abuses of funding and mismanagement had been happening for a decade.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

IT analyst Peter Kingdom says he was outside Hainault station as emergency services arrived and he was now "anxious" to get home after finding out what had been happening.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

Peck was ultimately arrested in August of 2003 after Bell “exploded” during a phone call with his mother, divulging what had been happening.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2024

Playing zither and kalimba, a solar-intense Laraaji unlocked sheafs of astounding, ethereal noise, an unintended, confident rebuke to what had been happening before his arrival.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

That night in our room, even though I was worn out from all the exercise, I tried to catch up to what had been happening in trigonometry.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles