befall

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Recent Examples of befall Shame on all of you who left our neighborhood looking like the chainsaw massacre befell our trees. Ticked Off, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2025 Military’s basic purpose What befell the Army has happened, in different ways, to other services. Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2025 But one marquee victory and the avoidance of bad losses seemingly would be enough — enough to get them off the bubble, enough to erase the doubt and enough to side-step the fate that befell BYU in a different sport two months ago. Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 Whether the same fate will befall Joe Biden remains to be seen. Douglas Brinkley, CBS News, 19 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for befall

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“Befall.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/befall. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.

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