encounter

Example Sentences

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Others, like Jeffrey Campbell, president of Burger King when Jackson opened negotiations in 1983, found the encounter with Jackson and his rhetoric of economic empowerment inspiring.

From Los Angeles Times

Then, he was whisked off and I was left wondering if the encounter had really happened.

From BBC

"Given that cells themselves and their receptors are in constant motion, you can imagine that molecules moving more rapidly would encounter these receptors more often," Stupp said in 2021.

From Science Daily

The malevolent attention paid to Black’s stilted pop song reached levels no internet phenomenon had ever encountered.

From Salon

"I have operated on more than 1,000 patients with kidney diseases, this is the first time that I have encountered this."

From BBC