befall
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A different sort of disaster may befall Mr. Starmer and Labour in London.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Jo's brother Jimmy said he "never imagined such a profound tragedy would ever befall our family".
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
It’s not the first calamity to befall the family in the West Bank.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025
It was a tragic prophecy of what was to befall the couple's fifth child, Victoria.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
One month before the disaster, a medicine man hunting deer in the canyon claimed to have received a vision of the catastrophe that would befall the dam.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
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