$args = [ \
    'title' => 'Test Recurring Event', \
    'status' => 'publish', \
    'start_date' => '2022-09-01 14:00:00',  \
    'end_date' => '2022-09-01 17:00:00',  \
    'timezone' => 'America/New_York', \
    'recurrence' => 'RRULE:FREQ=DAILY;COUNT=10', \
];
$recurring_event = tribe_events()->set_args( $args )->create()->ID;