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encounter

[en-koun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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This article is adapted from “Seductive AI,” forthcoming Tuesday from Encounter Books.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

“They can still accuse anyone of anything they want to exclude them from this amnesty law,” said Martha Tineo, coordinator for Justice, Encounter and Pardon, a nonprofit working with families of Venezuelan prisoners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The exterior was used for the 1980s-set ITV underwear drama Brief Encounter, while in 2022 the Disney TV series of Sheffield-based The Full Monty used the store as a newsagents.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

By Joseph Epstein Encounter: 152 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2023

Bear as an Antagonist.‌—‌Their thieving Propensities.‌—‌A thrilling Scene in the Night.‌—‌A desperate Encounter with three Bears.

From Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick by Springer, John S.




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