encounter
Example Sentences
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The data include previous encounters with immigration officials, such as if an immigrant was arrested at the southern border or entered at a legal entry point, officials said.
Scientists think that low-mass rogue planets are born around stars and later forced out of their orbits by gravitational disturbances, such as close encounters with other planets or unstable stellar companions.
From Science Daily
“He had incredible energy. I just knew he was going to make waves one day,” said Lee of his first encounter with Paik at an academic conference in 2015.
Now, when the Kyrgyz go to the monarchies of the Gulf, they encounter modern societies where women work, drive and attend university, he said.
Shona encounters trouble en route from the wedding of Corrie's Debbie and Ronnie, and the only downside to the night shoots was spending so long in a pregnancy suit and the same dress, Goulding says.
From BBC
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