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- verb Past participle of
befall
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Examples
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Certainly they deserved whatever evils had befallen them.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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“My queen, I think it is possible that Jackie does not know what has befallen the other succubus.”
My Fair Succubi Jill Myles 2011
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Though grateful that their society and the Federation would go on, the Alonis mourned the tragedy that had befallen so many, on their world and beyond.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Within a year, the Prince of Wales, mindful of the fate that had befallen so many of his royal contemporaries, had inoculated his own daughters.
The Panic Virus Seth Mnookin 2011
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Ever mindful of the fate that had befallen his mother, William wanted to go a step further.
William and Kate Christopher Andersen 2011
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When other Tibetans lamented the terrible loss that has befallen Tibet, she simply stood up and walked away.
Michaela Haas: The Lamp Of The Teachings Shines On: One Of The Greatest Female Tibetan Buddhist Masters Dies Michaela Haas 2011
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IT WAS NOT until Ernest and I were back in New York, and after weeks had elapsed, that we were able to comprehend thoroughly the full sweep of the disaster that had befallen the Cause.
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Some day men will read again; and then, if no accident has befallen my cave, they will know that Professor James Howard Smith once lived and saved for them the knowledge of the ancients.
Page 4 2010
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When other Tibetans lamented the terrible loss that has befallen Tibet, she simply stood up and walked away.
Michaela Haas: The Lamp Of The Teachings Shines On: One Of The Greatest Female Tibetan Buddhist Masters Dies Michaela Haas 2011
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Though grateful that their society and the Federation would go on, the Alonis mourned the tragedy that had befallen so many, on their world and beyond.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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