encounter
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Another possibility involves a more chaotic encounter among three black holes.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Three years ago, Thailand's then-foreign minister Don Pramudwinai met with Suu Kyi in private for more than an hour, her last known encounter with a foreign envoy since her detention.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
TfL says when its officers encounter someone playing their device out loud, they will typically ask them to stop, with most people complying.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
As we’re talking, Camerieri tells Hoffs that he recently met Weir’s former tour manager — Weir died in January at age 78 — and that he’d relayed Hoffs’ memory of the encounter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
His contribution—detailing an encounter when two souls had arrived at once— used a variety of mediums: berry pulp, bone slivers, feathers, sap.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
The incident is among at least a half-dozen similar encounters involving Southwest in the past few weeks, a person familiar with the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
He also makes children’s toys that he distributes to any children on the block or that he encounters out and about.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The discovery reinforces a growing view of human evolution as a long history of encounters and interbreeding among many related hominin populations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
A long-awaited fight between Joshua and fellow Briton Tyson Fury is expected to take place later in the year - if both men win their respective encounters.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
These encounters leave me both exhausted and recharged, desperate and fulfilled.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
Among recent bite victims was a 3-year-old Santa Clarita girl who encountered a rattlesnake last month that was hiding underneath an Amazon package in her front yard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
A student named Zane Glassock encountered a table in Central Park.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Modern humans who left Africa roughly 50,000 years ago encountered Neanderthals and Denisovans in Eurasia and interbred with both groups.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
She’s also encountered people who own expensive coffee machines even though they don’t even drink coffee.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Roosevelt and Rondon pose for a photo in front of a waterfall they encountered during their trip.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
However, Stein said there is no reason to worry about encountering one.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
Reuters reported that many migrants who reached Ceuta have already returned to Morocco after encountering overcrowding, food shortages and little prospect of continuing onward into mainland Europe.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2026
Creating an open dialogue might help her open up about whatever pain point she is repeatedly encountering.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Whenever we watch a silent film, it is helpful to remember that we are encountering an extraordinary survivor, for the vast majority of them are lost forever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
They forget that their readers are encountering the event for the first time and need to see it enacted with their own eyes'.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing encounter
Against All Odds: Contra and Counter
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Much Ado About Nothing
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