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encounter

[en-koun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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Being around Gen Z has exposed her to things she’d never encounter otherwise—like the 3-D printed egg a student recently showed off.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Those who file police reports can encounter other barriers.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 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

For young children, the rhyme is magical as they first encounter the powerful sound of rhyming words.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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