befall
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Sanctions didn’t make life easier, he says, but they didn’t befall Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
How has she dealt with the fallow periods that befall every actor?
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025
It was a tragic prophecy of what was to befall the couple's fifth child, Victoria.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
Remember Y2K, the impending doom that would befall us all when ill-equipped computer systems switched from “99” to “00” at the stroke of midnight on December 31, 1999?
From Salon • May 1, 2025
Only the thought of the possible catastrophes that might befall such an expedition, and of sustaining damage to my travelling suit, persuaded me to content myself with sitting here on this bench.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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