fall upon
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These fall upon the reader more as an unsifted data dump than as a focused marshaling of evidence in aid of human and psychological insight.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
“The command in this case would very naturally fall upon me,” Hamilton wrote External link in 1798.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
On his request, rather than being buried in Winchester cathedral, he was buried in a simple tomb in the graveyard "where the sweet rain of heaven may fall upon my grave".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
“Back in the 1950s, the director general of the SDF said, … ‘Self-defense does not mean sitting and waiting for the blow to fall upon us,’” Mr. Gatling recalled.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2023
Nothing, he knew—unless some tremendous blow were to fall upon the Efrafans from outside: and of that there was no chance.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
