as in to happen
to take place
whatever befalls, we'll make the best of it and carry on
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The statement is hollow so long as people still can stake their dollars on the calamities befalling everyday Angelenos.
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
White House officials said on Friday that the truth behind the mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome was still unknown, contradicting a new intelligence assessment about what had befallen spies and diplomats for the last nine years.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The act shows dragons to be killable, which means the same fate could easily befall the dragons protecting King's Landing.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The captives left behind at ESMA suspected that some terrible fate had befallen their comrades.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
White House officials said on Friday that the truth behind the mysterious ailments known as Havana Syndrome was still unknown, contradicting a new intelligence assessment about what had befallen spies and diplomats for the last nine years.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
The act shows dragons to be killable, which means the same fate could easily befall the dragons protecting King's Landing.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The captives left behind at ESMA suspected that some terrible fate had befallen their comrades.
—Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Befall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befall. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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