encounter

Even moving something from one box to another triggers a brief encounter with the past.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Cats can encounter some of the same environmental factors as their owners, including household chemicals, air pollutants, smoke and other exposures that may influence cancer risk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Restaurant owners who try AI food marketing sometimes encounter angry backlash, including graffiti at a San Francisco cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Two years later, Elabed still remembers the encounter more favorably than someone hearing her criticisms of Harris might expect.

From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2026

Shortly after that odd encounter, he had a call from the insurance holding company White Mountains.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But while the comet itself is a rare visitor, the Earth encounters material left behind by it twice a year, resulting in the Eta Aquariid meteor shower in May and the Orionids in October.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The surface of our planet has a finite area, yet someone traveling along that surface never encounters a boundary where the ground suddenly ends.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

To avoid bear encounters, Fish and Wildlife recommends removing unsecured food from cars and tents, using bear-resistant food canisters or bear lockers, and regularly disposing trash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

On the visionary west wall, a gray-hatted Ludovico, in stiff profile, encounters his young son Francesco, made a cardinal at age 17.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

She hoped they might stay groggy for the duration and thus be spared any disturbing encounters with ghosts and the like, but Lady Constance had a different idea.

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

Instead of the expected sedimentary deposits, Perseverance encountered igneous rock.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

We encountered stark contrasts in perceptions of Pinto wherever we went.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

One piece of advice I encountered warned against accepting any beverage during an interview because doing so made you “the beta.”

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

Jones says he first encountered her on LinkedIn one evening just after midnight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

I first encountered the idea of a new racial caste system more than a decade ago, when a bright orange poster caught my eye.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The cast agree that the drama will appeal to both fans of the original and audiences encountering it for the first time.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The agency told drivers: “Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads,” as most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

But for many employees, continually encountering a barrage of nascent, foreign and constantly changing tools has left them feeling overwhelmed and overworked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Students’ biggest fear on “solo” used to be encountering bears, but now it’s being alone with their thoughts, said Bruce Brough, a longtime faculty member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

At first Rondon resisted, figuring that they were out of the hills, so the chance of encountering impassable rapids was unlikely.

From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple