encounter

When I first encountered this research in graduate school at the University of Chicago, I was struck by the power of economics to explain the world around us.

This amount reflects levels that could realistically be encountered through contaminated food and water.

Many of the residents here have fled the civil war in South Sudan, only to encounter a new challenge: the erosion of international aid that residents rely on to survive.

Some other states have rolled back prohibition after encountering economic and administrative challenges.

In a way, he’s going through the same exact process I’m going through—suddenly encountering someone in Asamando who claims to be his recently departed relative, even though they look very different.