fall on
verb
variants
or fall upon
fell on or fell upon; fallen on or fallen upon; falling on or falling upon; falls on or falls upon
: to meet with
fell on hard times
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Today, if a tree falls on a power line in a remote mountain pass, utility companies often have no choice but to send a human crew up in a helicopter.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
When the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, like March’s payment, these payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on the Boko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s next policy decision on interest rates, due later in the session.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of issues in government that can be the subject of reasonable and well-informed discussion, where different parties might fall on different answers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Civil rights marches regularly take place on March 31, which President Barack Obama in 2014 designated as Cesar Chavez Day and falls on Chavez’s birthday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Marcus points to reports of companies adopting AI to replace human employees, then watching the tech fall on its face, forcing them to rehire people.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on the Boko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Mar. 2026
When the first day of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, like March’s payment, these payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on the Boko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Treasury yields fell on Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s next policy decision on interest rates, due later in the session.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 18 Mar. 2026
There are a lot of issues in government that can be the subject of reasonable and well-informed discussion, where different parties might fall on different answers.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
Civil rights marches regularly take place on March 31, which President Barack Obama in 2014 designated as Cesar Chavez Day and falls on Chavez’s birthday.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 18 Mar. 2026
Marcus points to reports of companies adopting AI to replace human employees, then watching the tech fall on its face, forcing them to rehire people.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but suspicion quickly fell on the Boko Haram jihadi group, which in 2009 launched an insurgency in northeastern Nigeria to enforce their radical interpretation of Shariah, or Islamic law.
—Haruna Umar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
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