How to Use take place in a Sentence

take place

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  • At the end of the night, a drone and fireworks show will take place.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • In the months since, speculation mounted over where and when the wedding would take place.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • The proposal took place after Swift filmed her New Heights podcast episode.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 2 July 2026
  • If it is still tied after 30 minutes, a penalty shootout will take place in Arlington.
    — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 July 2026
  • Considering the last edition took place at the height of the luxury boom, the landscape has since shifted.
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 2 July 2026
  • The first round of voting will take place in April, with a runoff to follow between the top two candidates if none wins 50%.
    — Mike Sheen, CNBC, 3 July 2026
  • This isn't the first celebrity wedding celebration to take place at MSG.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Other podcasts take place in the present, including one in which students report on civics education in their school.
    — Janet W. Lee, NPR, 3 July 2026
  • Much like season 1 of the series, production took place in Vancouver.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Around 25 million lightning strikes occur in the United States every year, with most taking place during the summer months.
    — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
  • That’s also were the news conference detailing FIFA’s site visit took place.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
  • Argentina will now have to recompose and get ready for a tough Round of 16 match against Egypt, which will take place on Tuesday in Atlanta.
    — Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • The violent incident the suspect was earlier involved in took place in Simi Valley, police said.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • In the round of 16 — which takes place Monday in Dallas — Spain will face the winner of Croatia-Portugal.
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • That origin story takes place in present-day Washington, DC, while the material in the silos occurs 300 years in the future.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 July 2026
  • The Prime Video show is set in Seattle, though production primarily took place just across the border in Vancouver, Canada.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • The grand jury of the festival, which takes place in the western Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary, will consider 12 movies for the top prize, the Crystal Globe.
    — ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • The offenses are said to have taken place between 1978 and 1981 in Kensington, London.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026
  • While Elle follows Elle’s life after her move from California to Washington, some filming still took place in California.
    — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Filming is taking place in Brown’s hometown of Philadelphia (site, of course, of Rocky), as well as in New York and Los Angeles.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • India's burgeoning eVTOL industry has seen major advancements, investment, and partnerships taking place over the last few years.
    — New Atlas, 3 July 2026
  • At Penn Station, metal barriers stood everywhere around Madison Square Garden, blocking off what is expected to be the biggest celebrity wedding of the year taking place.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Video from the Reuters news agency showed security personnel patrolling the streets of Tehran ahead of funeral processions, which are expected to take place at multiple locations in Iran and Iraq.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
  • Atlanta Braves at Truist Park A massive Braves block party will take place in Truist Park on Saturday, with flyovers, baseball, fireworks and more.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Waterhouse's latest photo coincides with Swift and Kelce's intimate rehearsal dinner, which reportedly took place at MSG last night, July 2.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 3 July 2026
  • The incident took place inside Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks shortly after noon on Thursday.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The ceremony took place in a private villa in Les Parcs, with an intimate gathering of friends and family, including Dylan's parents and older brother, Brandon Lee, 30.
    — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • The Boise Police Department is investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and an e-bike that took place in Morris Hill, near the Boise Bench, Thursday night.
    — Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026
  • The ballroom is set to be about three times the volume of the White House residence, the Financial Times reported, and it's hoped the work will be completed by the time the next presidential inauguration takes place in January 2029.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • As Americans around the nation celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary this week, a parade that had been slated to take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Friday was called off due to scorching temperatures expected in the city.
    — Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

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