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transpire

verb as in occur, happen

verb as in become known

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There is a collective, unwritten understanding that what transpires within a team, stays in the team.

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To suggest that the Dodgers needed Yamamoto would be wildly underselling what transpired on Saturday night.

And on Friday, the interim athletic director attempted to assure everyone that, despite all that has transpired in this week, the department is not in disarray.

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As it transpired, there was no reason to fret on a night when worry and angst for those in green and white was confined to pre-match.

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Many decades and unconscionable acts have transpired since that speculative conversation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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