befall
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A different sort of disaster may befall Mr. Starmer and Labour in London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
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
There’s also discussion about moving around steelhead to create backup populations should calamity befall one, as well as boost genetic diversity of the rare fish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2025
I glanced over to find the mother staring into the abyss of the fridge, experiencing some premonition of what grim fate was about to befall her daughter.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
It was some hundred miles by that way from the Cross-roads to the Morannon, and what might befall them before they came so far none knew.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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