transpire
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The epistemic mismatch between her idea of what would transpire and the frat brothers’ is truly tragic.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026
Analysts are split about whether that sort of transaction could still transpire in the near term.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026
It may transpire that Verstappen's car was handicapped when he set his fastest time.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
Venezuelan journalist Ronna Rísquez Sánchez said it is unclear whether Maduro actually directs illicit activities conducted by his military or simply allows it to transpire among his government.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
Science was moving from a world of macrophysics, where objects could be seen and held and measured, to one of microphysics, where events transpire with unimaginable swiftness on scales far below the limits of imagining.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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In an era when short TikTok and YouTube videos are being blamed for eroding attention spans and fueling a reading crisis, social media, it transpires, is creating new audiences for the classics.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
What unexpectedly transpires in the finale makes “The Amateur” perhaps Mr. Bohjalian’s most satisfying work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Her voice breaks as she sings the lyric, "But I knew who I was when I got here", but it transpires that she's simply reacting to an audience member who's blubbing their eyes out.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
Freedom of the seas, it transpires, is challenging to enforce.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026
We do not know what transpires within the Town, but there is much Word among the assembled Regiments that it is become a Prison & only those who obtains Passes from Gen. Gage may leave.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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That earlier forecast assumed an earlier end to the U.S.-Iran conflict, and therefore lower energy prices than have transpired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
As if this knee-jerk response were anticipated, Sally reassures the audience that what they came to see will be different than what transpired before.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
Several areas of the report were redacted, including statements from the brothers about what transpired as they called 911.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"I think the next generation just can't fathom what actually transpired and how someone could be impacted by that, and so I actually find them asking more questions," he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
I explained what had transpired and that I would be leaving the next day.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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This Musk v Altman trial is transpiring as the public has only just started to grapple with AI's complicated entry into our lives.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
Paul Vieira covers Canada for The Wall Street Journal, and is based in Ottawa.He writes about what’s transpiring in the U.S.’s northern neighbor with an eye toward the broader global context.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 18, 2025
“I think it was hard enough for the SEC and others to understand what was transpiring in the market then.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
“I think what’s currently transpiring is going to be of grave concern for the future,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
The horror transpiring in front of me, suspended for one disbelieving instant.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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