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Such materials could be valuable in energy systems, transportation, and aerospace engineering, where components may encounter severe thermal conditions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

He wasn’t the first to encounter them—the Yosemite Native tribes called the trees “wawona,” like the sound made by the northern spotted owl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Duckett struck a majestic 167 from 132 balls as England racked up 386-5 in Lahore, which set up a tantalising chase after Sri Lanka's astonishing pursuit of 430 in their previous encounter a week ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The Endeavour was Olivas’ first encounter with any space shuttle, and he studied the spacecraft closely in the wake of the 2003 space shuttle Columbia accident.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Slowly, the bitterness of our Valentine’s encounter faded.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

In the story’s climax, a frightened Ichabod encounters the terrible spirit on the way home from a party—or is it Brom, playing an elaborate prank?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Huerta said the two encounters with Chavez resulted in pregnancies that she chose to keep secret, arranging for the children to be raised by other families.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She was a jet-setting, president-schmoozing pragmatist, who in unguarded moments spoke mystically about her two youthful encounters with UFOs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Although ideology "matters for symbolic encounters," it is "not that relevant" in practice, according to Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor at the FGV.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Thinking about possible encounters with danger made Duane feel brave.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

That simpler arrangement is generally sufficient for the conditions encountered near our planet.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

He had wanted to meet McGee long before they encountered each other in a San Francisco thrift store last year, and he admires his support for less established artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The changes address a long-simmering grievance among travelers, some of whom have encountered checkout instructions that read less like the end of a vacation and more like the beginning of a Saturday spent doing housework.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

On a recent Friday night, a line of people I encountered in New York City’s East Village wasn’t for Instagram-famous fro-yo, ceremonial-grade matcha or vintage denim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

But on his way back from the Holy Land, the ship Vesalius was travelling in encountered severe storms and was delayed sufficiently for supplies to run low, while the passengers also suffered severe seasickness.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

A college dropout, Adams was inspired to start working in public radio after encountering “All Things Considered” as a listener.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

This behavior, known as one-dimensional pinning-free vortex flow, means the vortices can travel along a defined path without encountering the usual obstacles that restrict their movement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

AST SpaceMobile’s plan to build the first space-based cellular broadband network is encountering major hurdles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

But it cannot offer the particular surprise of encountering another person who has decided, for no reason other than the pleasure of it, to show me something strange and wonderful.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

A corresponding example within Eurasia involved the eastern limit of Fertile Crescent crops, which spread rapidly westward to the Atlantic Ocean and eastward to the Indus Valley without encountering a major barrier.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond