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encounter
noun as in brief or unexpected meeting
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in fight, argument
verb as in happen upon
Strongest matches
bear, bump into, come across, come upon, confront, detect, experience, face, find, meet, run into, suffer, turn up
Weak matches
alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run smack into
Example Sentences
The people I have encountered are some of the coolest and kindest in the same breath, a rare and precious combination.
Mora said the deluge of tense and sometimes violent encounters posted online could have an impact on Republican opinion surrounding immigration.
Boland's only struggle came in the 2023 Ashes in the UK, when a vastly different England team from the one he encountered on home soil attacked his bowling.
As the blast expanded and encountered material surrounding the star, the shape grew flatter, although the axis of symmetry stayed consistent.
He worried about what might have happened if one of his officers encountered armed men in unmarked cars taking residents away.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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