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encounter

[en-koun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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Then it became the latest U.S. company to encounter the buzzsaw of Chinese competition.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Mills Jnr gave evidence and claimed the initial encounter was a "chance meeting" with a family friend.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Tarlov describes the encounter in her new book “I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends,” out Sept. 15.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2026

They argued that doctors may need to pay more attention to how much light their patients encounter at night, particularly among people already dealing with certain heart conditions.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Then visit the Eloko and encounter monstrous creatures straight from the nightmares of children!

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

There have been around 1,300 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 260 resulted in death, according to a database of their encounters with humans.

From Barron's Sep. 14, 2026

So kudos to the Met for using its exhibition to present a more complex and beneficent picture of the cross-cultural encounters between Europe and the Middle East than has heretofore been the case.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

"I've been quite lucky not to have too many physical encounters whenever I've been playing, but one did stand out to me."

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

That doesn’t mean people should worry, as the vast majority of encounters don’t result in bites.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

Give the book points, though, for including Ms. Korsgaard’s brilliantly colored illustrations of the butterflies she encountered.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

It was there I encountered the stories about government workers being ordered back to their desks by the Giuliani administration in the hot zone.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

Speaking from personal experience, I’ve encountered many a cat misunderstanding from non-kitty people.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

In August, SaxaVord paused plans for a test launch after RFA said it had "encountered an issue".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Thus far the company had encountered no Cauldron-Born.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

Faster than the coach would’ve expected any high school athlete encountering “a true pro-style, West Coast system.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Despite encountering skepticism from some Venezuelan and U.S. officials, Ehrsam was smart and relentless in his pursuit and expressed greater ambitions and more serious intent than others, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

In reality, Leavitt is without a doubt the worst White House press secretary that I’ve ever had the displeasure of encountering since the day I first met Larry Speakes during the Reagan administration.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

Although the attention remained positive, the level of excitement required heightened security, with some supporters even booking rooms in the same hotel in the hope of encountering players in lifts and public areas.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

I was not walking down a beach and encountering a stranger.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers




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