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[tran-spahyuhr] / trænˈspaɪər /




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He was instead awarded an exceptional invitation by World Athletics, alongside rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen - although the pair's eagerly-anticipated reunion did not transpire after the Norwegian withdrew following his 5,000m win on Friday.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

"Any signing in that striker area, it'll either transpire in the next 24, 48 hours, or we'll just go as we are," Maloney explained.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Analysts are split about whether that sort of transaction could still transpire in the near term.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 3, 2026

An ordinary illustrator might have dramatized the scene at ground level; St. John literally elevates his image by having the conflict transpire in midair.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 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

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

Freedom of the seas, it transpires, is challenging to enforce.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

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

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025

Nor can all that transpires in the wider culture—from Stonewall to Will & Grace to Brokeback Mountain to Glee to a U.S. president declaring his support for legalized gay marriage—change every mind in Levittown.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Chief executive Matthew Pavlich said the club was "still piecing together exactly what's transpired", and would not be drawn on what the specific allegations are.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

“He also works at some pizza restaurant most nights after practice. He said he was working last night. But again, I don’t really know what transpired between you two after you left here.”

From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan

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

But finer than all that was the chilling fact that Ibsen’s text, as adapted by Amy Herzog, sounded as if it had been written yesterday — and could still be transpiring in real life tomorrow.

From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

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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