encounter
Example Sentences
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Heathcliff might have been the most overtly unhinged boyfriend adolescent girls encountered in their assigned reading list, but he was far from the only one, even within the extended Brontë universe.
From Salon
"It was different than the usual encounters I have with my Palestinian artist friends; there was this unbinding connection, because we don't know if we're going to see each other" again, he said.
From Barron's
The care home invites other therapy animals for residents to encounter.
From BBC
But in the film itself, she also encounters challenging situations.
From BBC
Last month’s deadly encounters in Minneapolis reinforced the notion of an agency spawning chaos.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
