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Many people encounter them as children, making them among the most recognizable aquatic animals in North America.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

After the robots noisily clunked down the stairs, the strangeness of the encounter began to fade.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

A chance encounter with a simpatico married pair offers the possibility of friendship—but soon gives way to something spookier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

If you scroll through Twitter, you might encounter Tanden engaging in a testy back-and-forth with progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

On his way home from Chapter XXI, he had a perilous encounter with the owl.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

The real danger of automating our ordinary encounters isn’t that we’ll suddenly forget what human connection feels like.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Though many residents share a love for the wild burros, others see them as a public safety risk due to the possibility of car crashes, property damage or injuries during close encounters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But while the comet itself is a rare visitor, the Earth encounters material left behind by it twice a year, resulting in the Eta Aquariid meteor shower in May and the Orionids in October.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

One occurs relatively close to the galaxy, where the jet first encounters the CGM.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

She said nothing during these encounters but watched us with hungry hawk eyes.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Later, it encountered a stray charging cord snaking across the ground as it vacuumed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Although humans never encountered these dinosaurs, Morrison's comparison highlights an intriguing difference between predators of different sizes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Comparing Northern Ireland now to the place he encountered on a visit back in 2013, he said young people today faced significant challenges but also had reasons to remain hopeful.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Because the complete design could be seen only from above, most people encountered it through photographs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

They had encountered a major problem: how to get the sword down?

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

An armor-plated military vehicle encountering no greater obstacle than a lost roller skate.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides