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For pest control, however, the same behavior could become an advantage if it helps a treatment reach termites that never directly encounter treated wood.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

World number two Luke Humphries also emerged victorious in another England versus Netherlands encounter, progressing 6-4 against Jermaine Wattimena.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Then it became the latest U.S. company to encounter the buzzsaw of Chinese competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Tarlov describes the encounter in her new book “I Disagree: Winning Arguments Without Losing Friends,” out Sept. 15.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Léon Cuffaut, one of the Normandie-Niemen pilots, was there for the first face-to-face encounter of the two regiments.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

He frequently encounters locked doors, obstacles and empty spaces that he has to explore.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

After Bryan encounters a cop, a dog and an elderly couple living in the country, all of whom run into trouble, the movie essentially becomes a third-person-shooter videogame that takes place in a single night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

There have been around 1,300 shark incidents around Australia since 1791, of which more than 260 resulted in death, according to a database of their encounters with humans.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

"I've been quite lucky not to have too many physical encounters whenever I've been playing, but one did stand out to me."

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Did the factors acting in the encounter of Atahuallpa and Pizarro also play a broader role in encounters between Old World and New World peoples and between other peoples?

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

More than half a century after scientists first encountered a mysterious marker on human red blood cells, researchers finally traced it to its genetic source.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Birmingham-based content creator GB Street Stories has also encountered and filmed riders in the city.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Early European colonists in North America and the indigenous communities they encountered each tried to gain the advantage in meetings friendly and otherwise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

What comes after is often preposterous and teeming with cliches — the sort of things you might have encountered in a second-tier series back in the 1980s — and craziness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Then they encountered a new obstacle:’ a wall of ice.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Runners up in the competition included videos of a roundworm encountering a single-celled organism and microscopic jellyfish larvae suspended in droplets of water.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Students’ biggest fear on “solo” used to be encountering bears, but now it’s being alone with their thoughts, said Bruce Brough, a longtime faculty member.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

Faster than the coach would’ve expected any high school athlete encountering “a true pro-style, West Coast system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Last year, Michael Johnson's inaugural Grand Slam Track league attempted to maintain focus on the sport following Paris 2024 while offering lucrative prize money, but ended after encountering serious financial issues.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

I was not walking down a beach and encountering a stranger.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers