befell
Example Sentences
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That is precisely the situation that befell Cisco Systems in 2001.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
No other harm befell him or my little brother.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Because, for veterans of modern warfare, the question isn’t how to come to grips with something that befell us in the manner of a natural disaster.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2026
She will be desperate to avoid the disaster that befell hot men's favourite Ilia Malinin, who suffered a nightmare last week, slumping to an eighth-place finish.
From Barron's ● Feb. 17, 2026
That fate befell African pygmies and many other hunter-gatherer populations displaced by farmers.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
