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encounter

[en-koun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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We want to chase “these big things,” as he described them, but sometimes it’s the small stuff we encounter along the way that counts the most.

From MarketWatch

Beginners on your financial journeys will learn a lot, and more seasoned budgeters might just encounter one or two things you haven’t seen before.

From The Wall Street Journal

While the group was in the water, two witnesses reported the incident from shore around noon, telling Pacific Grove police that a swimmer may have encountered a shark, department officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

While Baltimore have a doubt over Lamar Jackson's fitness, Derrick Henry will go into the game off a 216-yard, four-touchdown game and the Ravens will go into the encounter as favourites.

From BBC

A decade ago, three finance professors discovered that certain stocks tend to lag the market: Those that trade at artificially high prices because of the difficulty investors encounter in shorting the shares.

From Barron's