as in happened
to take place
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
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The crash, like most in Sacramento, happened at night on a dangerous road.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025 -
Ford, who also opened The Butcher’s Club in Palm Beach Gardens in 2022, can’t quite believe everything that has happened in the past few months.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2025
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The January crash happened at night and the collision occurred at 278 feet.—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
11 Mar. 2025
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Meteorologist Brooks Garner was in the middle of a storm tracker report and was showing Fox 35 viewers radar of the weather pattern overhead in Florida when the incident occurred.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Came down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/came%20down. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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