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encounter
noun as in brief or unexpected meeting
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in fight, argument
verb as in happen upon
Strongest matches
bear, bump into, come across, come upon, confront, detect, experience, face, find, meet, run into, suffer, turn up
Weak matches
alight upon, chance upon, cross the path, fall in with, hit upon, meet up with, rub eyeballs, run across, run smack into
Example Sentences
Bellamy will already have watched countless hours of previous encounters with Belgium as part of his preparations.
“Antisemitism has become much more mainstream and normalized. People encounter it at schools, workplaces and hospitals, where it just wasn’t present before.”
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson said Thursday he was appointing a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation into the killing of Scott Spivey in a road-rage encounter that prosecutors determined was self-defense.
Each observation strengthens our ability to identify potential hazards early, giving scientists valuable data for future encounters.
Or so I believed until a recent encounter in France.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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