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Discover LudwigThe phrase "happened to start" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an unexpected or surprising occurrence that began at a certain point. For example, "He happened to start singing karaoke when he arrived at the party."
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The present study happened to start on the day of the second extremum of a moderate double magnetic storm.
Finally, this particular decade happened to start at an enormously overvalued moment.
The jobs just happened to start on Feb. 1 and lasted six weeks.
We know something happened to start producing oxygen, because the dark bands on the rock are iron oxide.
(XBMC has no connection with Microsoft, it just happened to start life on the original Intel-powered Xbox games console).
I happened to start my food tour on a Wednesday, which is the day that St. Peders Bageri makes luscious cinnamon buns called ondagssnegle (or "Wednesday snail").
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