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This cultural shift toward comfort had been transpiring even before we retreated inside our homes in March 2020, with the increasing popularity of less-structured bralettes in all colors and designs: bandage-style, frilled, high-neck, racerback, zip-up.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2021

While these events had been transpiring in the Spanish town, Captain Dynamite had not been idle.

From A Voyage with Captain Dynamite by Rich, Charles Edward

He had taken no notice of what had been transpiring behind him, but had kept his eyes fixed on the spot where he had seen the key drop into the water.

From All Adrift or The Goldwing Club by Optic, Oliver

At the doctor's house I received my first letters from home, and the first accurate news of what had been transpiring in the outside world.

From The Lure of the Labrador Wild by Wallace, Dillon

Meanwhile in the Old Land many things of world-wide interest and influence had been transpiring.

From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)