encounter
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Thousands of miles from home, a 14-year-old had an encounter that would change her life.
From BBC β Nov. 14, 2026
Slate rounded up all of Jason’s zany reanimations, which include a lightning strike, an encounter with a meddling psychic girl, and more.
From Slate β Nov. 13, 2026
Employees may encounter several types of plan choices.
From MarketWatch β Nov. 12, 2026
November 2026 is packed with celestial events worth watching, from brilliant meteors streaking across the sky to a striking encounter between Mars and Jupiter.
From Science Daily β Nov. 6, 2026
“The Japanese guy takes off his glasses,” recalled a witness to the strange encounter.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Because it encounters less resistance to flowing, it may travel upward more rapidly, potentially creating conditions that favor dramatic lava fountains.
From Science Daily β Nov. 13, 2026
The “StarTalk” and “Cosmos: Possible Worlds” host plugs his latest book, “Take Me to Your Leader,” which explores humanity’s obsession with extraterrestrial life and offers etiquette for imagined close encounters.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 9, 2026
Most of the “Ring” consists of exacting encounters between two or three people.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 6, 2026
When the solar wind approaches a planet with a magnetic field, it encounters a boundary known as the bow shock.
From Science Daily β Oct. 29, 2026
An “epiphany,” in case you have yet to have one, is when someone encounters truths about life with which they were previously unfamiliar, thus sparking an abrupt change of perspective.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
The team conducted experiments under carefully controlled temperatures and pressures designed to reproduce conditions encountered by magma underground.
From Science Daily β Nov. 13, 2026
Gohari first encountered Feuerman’s work more than a decade ago in a Beverly Hills gallery.
From Los Angeles Times β Nov. 12, 2026
“I never encountered anyone who would not treat their child as aggressively or as necessary if there was any remote chance of cure,” he told me.
From Slate β Nov. 12, 2026
The Guerrero has never officially been found, mainly because the debris field Mr. Malcom and his fellow divers encountered is so scattered.
From The Wall Street Journal β Nov. 10, 2026
But knowing the bayou, many suspected she would have encountered poisonous snakes, alligators, and uneven, slippery slopes.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
However, most studies have examined rapid dopamine signals that appear within seconds of encountering something rewarding, such as the sight of a favorite meal.
From Science Daily β Nov. 9, 2026
Hands-on experiences dominate the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, where encountering artifacts that highlight aerospace history is on equal footing with learning about its future.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 28, 2026
AST SpaceMobile’s plan to build the first space-based cellular broadband network is encountering major hurdles.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 13, 2026
As more than two million freshmen arrive at college this fall, many are encountering civic-dialogue programs—an effort to build bridges across political divides.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 25, 2026
A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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