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

For a scene where Valentina has an encounter with a tow truck driver, they simply called a tow yard hoping someone interesting would show up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 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

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

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows