transpired

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The termination of the workers who lack due process job protections, including some teachers, transpired without an announcement but has been confirmed by officials.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

For example, if you spoke to a customer-service rep who couldn’t resolve the issue, note the date and time of that call and what transpired.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

The rest is history: It transpired that pretty much everything Huntley and Carr told me that morning was a lie.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

In later works by Christie and others, diabolical deeds increasingly transpired in villages, hotels, trains, planes, boats and locked rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

His mother knelt beside him to help as the others began to chatter away about what had just transpired.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro