as in to happen
to take place
please tell me what transpired on the night of October 1
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What to Know According to passengers who spoke with ABC13, the events transpired after the man was asked by a woman in front of him on the Airbus A320 to change seats.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
A lot has transpired since the then couple bought a $17 million, 5,772-square-foot property in the exclusive enclave in Miami Beach and completely gutted it.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Interspersed between the drama, which transpires almost entirely in Spanish, are musical numbers.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
These developments didn’t transpire out of thin air.
—Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
A lot has transpired since the then couple bought a $17 million, 5,772-square-foot property in the exclusive enclave in Miami Beach and completely gutted it.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025
Interspersed between the drama, which transpires almost entirely in Spanish, are musical numbers.
—Lucy Ford, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
These developments didn’t transpire out of thin air.
—Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Transpire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transpire. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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