encountered

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The findings, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveal how caffeine acts on a well-defined brain pathway involved in social memory, the ability to recognize and distinguish people we have encountered before.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Eliot, British only by adoption, the “pernicious effects” of whose work he encountered daily among his students at Yale.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

However, she said many of the female characters she encountered in literature left her feeling conflicted about her own identity.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

A man and his 18-month-old son had to be airlifted to safety during a bike ride last week when they encountered heavy snow in the high country near Lake Tahoe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

But when Hanako had worked in her family’s restaurant, she’d encountered many old people with their families for dinner.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata