encountering

Example Sentences

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Today, in the podcasting world, Kelly is encountering a different incentive structure.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Some young women veil during Mass; others are picking up the rosary, an older form of prayer that they say they are encountering for the first time as adults.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

What people actually want is a government that is working to solve issues that they have been encountering, not just for years, but for decades.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall