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transpire

verb as in occur, happen

verb as in become known

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These are just a few of the treacherous episodes that have recently transpired at landfills in California, subjecting the state’s waste management industry to growing scrutiny by residents and regulators.

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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.

His father was too disturbed to answer more questions, but other family members and neighbours helped piece together what transpired that night.

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However, she says it soon transpired "they weren't quite the eggheads we thought they were".

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“We should definitely take everything they say from now on with a grain of salt, just because of how this all transpired.”

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

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