encounter

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Midway through “Marcel Duchamp”—the Museum of Modern Art’s sweeping, chronological survey of the artist it calls “one of the most important figures in modern culture”—you first encounter what Duchamp labelled as his “Readymades.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Edwards represents a woman who has made an allegation against Mountbatten-Windsor about an encounter at the former prince's home Royal Lodge in 2010, before he had invited her to Buckingham Palace for tea.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

To help locate and protect similar nesting sites, Danforth and his colleagues have launched a global citizen science initiative encouraging people to report ground nesting bee aggregations they encounter.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

According to EU regulators, European consumers are "very likely to encounter illegal items" on Temu, and the company "seriously underestimated how often EU consumers are likely to" see such products.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

While they traverse the Labyrinth, Widget tells the story of the Minotaur in such detail that Bailey keeps expecting to encounter the monster around every turn.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern