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transpire

verb as in occur, happen

verb as in become known

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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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How that will transpire is unclear, but it yet again raises the prospect of disagreement, vetoes and stand-off.

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There are almost no physical relics from what transpired that day.

“I think it was hard enough for the SEC and others to understand what was transpiring in the market then.”

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

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