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Discover LudwigThe phrase "has fallen upon" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe an occurrence or situation that has happened unexpectedly. For example: "Misfortune has fallen upon our family and we must now find a way to cope."
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Once again, that responsibility has fallen upon Montgomerie and Garcia.
Atheism, it seems, has fallen upon evil days.
Nor should we forget how often and how beautifully snow has fallen upon America's cultural landscape.
And it has fallen upon Mr. Chambers to field a new winning team.
And their baleful glare has fallen upon the internet generally and social media in particular.
That distinction, it would seem, has fallen upon George, widely considered a perennial All-Star in the making.
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That's the kind of phrase another Scottish writer, Peter Davidson, would have fallen upon.
Flash forward a few years and here's Sawyer from Lost, having fallen upon hard times.
What is the feeling at a moment when you realize that you've fallen upon a truly great discovery?
A curse had fallen upon one of them, and now the other was being punished with silence.
It was all part of a fruitless search for a theory or precedent that might explain the terrible predicament that had fallen upon him and his countrymen.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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