- present participle of encounter.
encountering
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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
They must also show how they prevent children permitted to use their services from encountering content deemed harmful for them.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Two minds encountering an idea neither had considered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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