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encounter

[en-koun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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This article is adapted from “Seductive AI,” forthcoming Tuesday from Encounter Books.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

The four-day Annual Encounter of Muslims of France was due to open on Friday at an exhibition centre in Le Bourget, attracting tens of thousands of people from across Europe.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“They can still accuse anyone of anything they want to exclude them from this amnesty law,” said Martha Tineo, coordinator for Justice, Encounter and Pardon, a nonprofit working with families of Venezuelan prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Encounter someone who saw “Star Trek: The Experience” in Las Vegas, which opened in the late ’90s and ran for about a decade, and expect nostalgic reflections of running aboard the U.S.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2025

The Destiny, Jason, Encounter, Thunder, Southampton, and the pinnace Page had sailed from the Thames at the end of March, 1617.

From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)




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