as in happened
to take place
whatever befalls, we'll make the best of it and carry on
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Recent Examples of befell
Sadly, the midnight movie magic that befell me and my Long Treadmill compatriots will be gone from our city by then.
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Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
But this preseason, the circumstances that so often befell a roster already too thin to begin with didn’t manifest themselves for a change.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
But this preseason, the circumstances that so often befell a roster already too thin to begin with didn’t manifest themselves for a change.
—Howard Megdal, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for befell
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Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.—
Mark Vancleave,
Twin Cities,
13 Sep. 2025
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This is mirroring exactly what happened with Mugen Train, and those audience scores are currently sitting at a 99%.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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However, diminishing perceptions that a college education is very important have occurred relatively equally among both Republicans and Democrats, suggesting that other factors must also be at play.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The incident occurred just before half distance in the Zandvoort race, during the safety car period that followed Lewis Hamilton’s solo crash, with Sainz trying to pass Lawson for seventh place at the outside of the track’s Tarzan Turn 1.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Befell.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befell. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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