Continue and Happen

Continue

Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

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Happen and continue are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Happen" instead a verb "Continue".

Happen verb - To take place.

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Continue and happen are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continue" instead a verb "Happen".

Nearby Words: happening, happened

work	continue work	happen work
time	continue time	happen time
way	continue way	happen way
game	continue game	happen game
Other words: fight, war, times, ways, lives.

To continue the joke, Jimmy and Sabrina have something similar happen but not with pregnancy, Sabrina's grandma left a nice suburban house to her but she could only live there if she was married.

Source: Series / Raising Hope
The Flintstones had an episode in which Fred's country cousins (who just so happen to be over-the-top Stone Age hilbillies) come to visit for a weekend...and then continue to stay for months afterwards, thinking that Fred really means it when he says that he wishes they could stay longer.

Source: Country Cousin
With everyone he knew - Gaius, Gwen, the dragons - long dead, and knowing that the same will continue to happen throughout history as he waits for the day that Arthur will return.

Source: Bittersweet Ending / Live-Action TV

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