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Recent Examples of Synonyms for happened (by)
looked up
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As the statisticians looked up the last time someone had lost the Wimbledon men’s final from such a position (John Bromwich in 1948), Djokovic could have unraveled.
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The crowd looked up as the pyrotechnic display colored the sky in shades of red, white and blue.
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“Happened (by).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happened%20%28by%29. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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