encountered

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It was at Olive Garden that I discovered a shared love for peperoncinos with Nana and encountered other shapes of pasta not named spaghetti for the first time.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

“I have not encountered a single person who’s said, ‘Wow, this is going to be a great thing for us,’ outside of public officials.”

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

The findings, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveal how caffeine acts on a well-defined brain pathway involved in social memory, the ability to recognize and distinguish people we have encountered before.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

A man and his 18-month-old son had to be airlifted to safety during a bike ride last week when they encountered heavy snow in the high country near Lake Tahoe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

In the late 1600s, Cherokees likely first encountered the English when traders from the Virginia Colony came to the region.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz