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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In three days time, Mary is to perform her first concert since a fall on stage that’s rendered more like a near suicide.
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Drone debris also fell on a roof of a residential building in the city of Samara, wounding a number of people, Fedorishchev said.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jokic missed it and fell on the baseline in the process, perhaps trying to sell a foul.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Premieres early this fall on SVT.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
In California, the official start of summer falls on June 21.
—Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The Wild, who have not advanced in the postseason since 2015, fell on the flip side of that ratio in each of their last three appearances.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
But in medicine, where the focus often falls on genes and molecules, energy budgets are regularly overlooked.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Nine games nursing ailments related to a night in Orlando on March 21 when Magic big man Goga Bitadze fell on top of Smart.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
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Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Drone debris also fell on a roof of a residential building in the city of Samara, wounding a number of people, Fedorishchev said.
—Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Jokic missed it and fell on the baseline in the process, perhaps trying to sell a foul.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
Premieres early this fall on SVT.
—Annika Pham, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
In California, the official start of summer falls on June 21.
—Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
The Wild, who have not advanced in the postseason since 2015, fell on the flip side of that ratio in each of their last three appearances.
—CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
But in medicine, where the focus often falls on genes and molecules, energy budgets are regularly overlooked.
—Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026
Nine games nursing ailments related to a night in Orlando on March 21 when Magic big man Goga Bitadze fell on top of Smart.
—Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Fall on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fall%20on. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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