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transpire

[tran-spahyuhr] / trænˈspaɪər /




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Carney added he was awaiting a response from Air Canada’s board about why this was allowed to transpire.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 30, 2026

Analysts are split about whether that sort of transaction could still transpire in the near term.

From MarketWatch Feb. 3, 2026

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

From BBC Oct. 28, 2025

Being able to go into “Love Is Blind,” and hide everything and it just be myself, my personality and my confidence, and see relationships grow and transpire — honestly, it was magical.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 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

What unexpectedly transpires in the finale makes “The Amateur” perhaps Mr. Bohjalian’s most satisfying work.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Then a letter from a lawyer arrives, and it transpires that their maternal grandfather, whom they never knew, has left them, among other things, an island in Ontario’s Muskoka Lakes district.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Freedom of the seas, it transpires, is challenging to enforce.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

Oranges, it transpires, have been at the centre of it.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2025

He said, “If ever it transpires that I am in trouble, I shall indeed send for you.”

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

Much of the regional violence that has since transpired reflects how Iran is trying to reset its relations with its neighbors and gain the upper hand, Pollack said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Alas, the old girl couldn’t compete with the assortment of crises that transpired during the show’s three-week hiatus, including the once-in-a-lifetime comedy opportunity presented by explosive headlines about explosive diarrhea.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2026

The way events transpired at Trent Bridge was hugely dramatic.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Quebec Premier Christine Frechette said she was "deeply shaken by the tragic events," while urging people to "avoid speculation," about what transpired.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Though no such felicitous circumstance transpired, still I walked with light enough step.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

"What ended up transpiring was that I was quite good at the beauty industry job," she says and eventually she dropped out of university to pursue a career in it.

From BBC Jul. 29, 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

He writes about what’s transpiring in the U.S.’s northern neighbor with an eye toward the broader global context.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 25, 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

The horror transpiring in front of me, suspended for one disbelieving instant.

From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon




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