as in to happen
to take place
whatever befalls, we'll make the best of it and carry on
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Recent Examples of befall
As for what will befall patients at Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center, Gemmill gave CNN a pretty ominous hint.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
Over millions of years, the planet's orbit shrank until doom befell it.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
What follows is an alternately hilarious, bawdy, and sad attempt to solve the former problem before the latter befalls her.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Almost immediately thereafter, terrible troubles began to befall me, as if I had been hexed by some stupid moon witch.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2025
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 11 Apr. 2025
Over millions of years, the planet's orbit shrank until doom befell it.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
What follows is an alternately hilarious, bawdy, and sad attempt to solve the former problem before the latter befalls her.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2025
Almost immediately thereafter, terrible troubles began to befall me, as if I had been hexed by some stupid moon witch.
—Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for befall
Recent Examples of Synonyms for befall
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While most accounts suggest White Parties were free of criminal activities, other plaintiffs contend their abuse happened at these elite gatherings.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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Jake Jordan: Rock weathering happens on Earth all the time.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
23 Apr. 2025
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Police said the entire incident, which occurred three weeks ago, was caught on surveillance cameras and that there were no other passengers on the R train at the time of the assault.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Sherri Papini: Caught in the Lie, out May 26 and May 27 on ID and Max, features the California mother of two talking on camera about her headline-grabbing disappearance in 2016 for the first time since the incident occurred nearly nine years ago.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2025
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“Befall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befall. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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