encountered

Example Sentences

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Those statements echoed the testimony of a farmer who had claimed years earlier that on an evening in April 2004, he had encountered a man driving a sedan with German licence plates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

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

Hernandez’s council colleague Hugo Soto-Martínez encountered a similar issue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 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

If I hadn’t been in shock, I might have had the wherewithal to turn a cold shoulder to the person I next encountered: Traft Martin.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson