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And while watching the film recently at Inglewood’s Cosm, home to an all-encompassing high-definition spherical screen, I half expected a letter to fall upon my lap.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

These fall upon the reader more as an unsifted data dump than as a focused marshaling of evidence in aid of human and psychological insight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026

“The command in this case would very naturally fall upon me,” Hamilton wrote External link in 1798.

From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026

On his request, rather than being buried in Winchester cathedral, he was buried in a simple tomb in the graveyard "where the sweet rain of heaven may fall upon my grave".

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024

It was unlike Katz not to fall upon soft drinks and junk food with exuberant lust when the opportunity presented itself, but I believe I understood.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson


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