befall
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But woe befall any bad guys who mistake him for a fool.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
It is also another sign of what is surely England and Tuchel's biggest fear – how can they cope should misfortune befall all-time record goalscorer Kane?
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Sanctions didn’t make life easier, he says, but they didn’t befall Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
With head-scratching lyrics like, “Why should a land have so much meaning when dark times befall it? It’s just a land made of dirt and rock,” they confuse far more than they entertain.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025
It was some hundred miles by that way from the Cross-roads to the Morannon, and what might befall them before they came so far none knew.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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