More surprising than the losing streak were the events that transpired during its course.
SO MUCH that has transpired during Gordon Brown's first year as prime minister has been unexpected.
I lament serious and unacceptable abnormalities which have reportedly transpired during the electoral process," Jammeh said.
Back in London, officials kept mum on exactly what had transpired during Emergency rule.
What transpired during those two weeks was amazing for all of us.
Bryce Harper visited Dr James Andrews and reportedly, "no operative procedures" transpired during his trip to his Georgia office.
It transpired during the Republican race last year that Rick Santorum had not quite read his own book.
It transpired during the hearing that the group had decided to take their own temperatures because the screening team were not equipped to do so.
Such an outcome transpired during the Senate race in Indiana in 2012, when a moderate Democrat, Joe Donnelly, beat a very conservative Republican, Richard Mourdock.
It was an unfamiliar sight, but then again, so was what transpired during the Atlanta Braves' 13-5 thrashing of the Mets at Shea Stadium last night.
"As the speaker has said, we are in the process of reviewing what transpired during the demonstration," Molly Edwards, the speaker's deputy press secretary, said in an email.
