Fall
Fall verb - To go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily.
Taking place is an antonym for fall.
Taking place
Both terms in one sentence
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Artistic License History: Clancy writes the events of the novel as taking place in the fall of 1982, and with Mikhail Suslov's death taking place before the attempt on the Pope.
Source: Literature / Red Rabbit - Burial At Sea, a DLC story taking place in pre-fall Rapture shows exactly what life was like in a plasmid-dominated society when people could still think straight.
Source: Mundane Utility / Video Games -
Distant Finale: The story ends in early 1985 but gets a double epilogue taking place after the fall of Communism.
Source: Film / The Lives of Others
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