encounter

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The British number three broke Ruse's serve for a third time to take an early advantage in the second set but her opponent immediately responded in a see-saw encounter.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

The case likely would have continued to languish if not for the sergeant’s chance encounter with a professor that fall.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Hansen once cited a childhood encounter with a photograph of Neil Armstrong on the Moon as the seed of his passion for space exploration.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

A new edition offers American readers a fresh opportunity to encounter this erudite, deliciously dark narrative about growing older but not quite wiser.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

She made no mention of her encounter with death and her flash of terror, except to say to her husband, “I thought I should have perished out there alone.”

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin