encountered
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Microsoft first said it was investigating reports of problems encountered by users attempting to access their email on Thursday afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Gohari first encountered Feuerman’s work more than a decade ago in a Beverly Hills gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026
“I never encountered anyone who would not treat their child as aggressively or as necessary if there was any remote chance of cure,” he told me.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026
New Beginnings, a group based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, that provides services to people who have converted to Islam, said it had encountered cases involving people who sought to deceive others within the Muslim community.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
When he and his friends had encountered Hercules at the Straits of Gibraltar, it hadn’t gone well.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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