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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About three-quarters of an inch fell in Mill Valley in Marin County; a half-inch fell in downtown Oakland, a quarter-inch dropped in Hayward and less than one-tenth fell on Concord.
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The developer said Crowsnest will pay for itself, and the bill won't fall on taxpayers.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
With a pension, the risk of running out of money falls on the employer or plan sponsor.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
The Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn't issue payments on weekends or federal holidays; since March 1 falls on a Sunday, the checks will be sent out two days early.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
No group claimed responsibility for the attack in Bajaur, but suspicion usually falls on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or the TTP.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
When the first of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
The address falls on the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t fall on your product or ops team.
—May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
The developer said Crowsnest will pay for itself, and the bill won't fall on taxpayers.
—Olivia Young, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
With a pension, the risk of running out of money falls on the employer or plan sponsor.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
The Social Security Administration (SSA) doesn't issue payments on weekends or federal holidays; since March 1 falls on a Sunday, the checks will be sent out two days early.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026
No group claimed responsibility for the attack in Bajaur, but suspicion usually falls on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or the TTP.
—ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
When the first of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, SSI payments are issued on the last business day of the previous month.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 24 Feb. 2026
The address falls on the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine.
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
That doesn’t fall on your product or ops team.
—May Habib, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Fall on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20on. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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