encounter

When NASA's Perseverance rover arrived at the inner rim of Mars' Jezero Crater in September 2023, researchers expected to encounter sedimentary rocks along what was once the shoreline of a Martian lake.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

Did anyone you encounter manage to later shake out of it themselves and reduce their dependence on the thing?

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

Do not run if you encounter a black bear, officials say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

I decided that she was the most beautiful devil I would ever encounter.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

According to Fish and Wildlife, black bear encounters resulting in human injury are rare in California.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

As it moves through space, it encounters gas between the stars, producing a type of shock wave known as a bow shock.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Between the harshness of the jungle and the humanity of his encounters, this novel recounts survival in a dazzlingly poetic language,” Fnac said when announcing the book’s win.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

Burnham knew, the world knows, how explosive these rolling, free wheeling, live on camera encounters with Trump can go.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Clearly hoping to contain her tenuous hair situation, she plants one hand on her head as she crosses to the ball that contains the boys' names and grabs the first slip she encounters.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

In recent years, about 17% of bats encountered by people or pets in L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Uber’s standard service has also encountered setbacks in Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Researchers encountered the snails at several locations while working in the region's rugged mountain terrain.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

As we made our way through all seven areas, we encountered a ton of awesome interactive displays.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

While schoolchildren are encountering Google’s AI tools on school-issued Chromebooks, teachers and parents note students are accessing AI through other chatbots, too, such as ChatGPT.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Despite suffering life-threatening injuries, within moments of encountering the armed suspect, Constable Smith exited his vehicle and engaged the attacker," Rodd said.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 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

Two minds encountering an idea neither had considered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

They forget that their readers are encountering the event for the first time and need to see it enacted with their own eyes'.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker