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[tran-spahyuhr] / trænˈspaɪər /




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"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

While major chip makers have some helium supply in reserve, there’s some uncertainty about what would transpire if the conflict were to drag on and disrupt helium production over a longer span.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 13, 2026

The basic premise appears to be that the scrap for survival takes no account of big names - once you're down there anything can transpire.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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

“We? We humans kill the Overlanders? I know of your world, of the evils that transpire there. But we do not kill for sport!” said Vikus severely.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins

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

That earlier forecast assumed an earlier end to the U.S.-Iran conflict, and therefore lower energy prices than have transpired.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

"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

Considering the tribulations “Coyote vs. Acme” has overcome to finally reach theaters, it’s impossible not to see the parallels between what’s on screen and what transpired between the filmmakers and Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

No, Penelope was certain; Lady Constance would rather endure a dozen wild children living in Ashton Place than risk inciting the kind of home wrecking that had transpired.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood

That view has changed, but the explanation for what’s actually transpiring in the patient’s neurobiology has been hard to pin down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

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

“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

I had been isolated from developments in other parts of the country and was eager to see for myself what was transpiring in the hinterlands.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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