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encounter

[en-kaun-ter] / ɛnˈkaʊn tər /
NOUN
brief or unexpected meeting
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November 2026 is packed with celestial events worth watching, from brilliant meteors streaking across the sky to a striking encounter between Mars and Jupiter.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

The programme will showcase the wildlife "people can expect to see and encounter whilst they're outside", said Packham.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Almost a decade after my first encounter with Farm, I found myself planning a Brazilian wedding to celebrate my marriage to a native Angeleno.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The encounter started with the Swiss wrestlers trading in their usual getups for Senegalese wrestling attire.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

As we drew near to the place of encounter, she stopped and said,—

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

The phrase “Renaissance sculpture” usually provokes reminiscences about visits to Florence and memorable encounters with works by Donatello, Ghiberti and Michelangelo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Huerta said the two encounters with Chavez resulted in pregnancies that she chose to keep secret, arranging for the children to be raised by other families.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She was a jet-setting, president-schmoozing pragmatist, who in unguarded moments spoke mystically about her two youthful encounters with UFOs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Although ideology "matters for symbolic encounters," it is "not that relevant" in practice, according to Oliver Stuenkel, an international relations professor at the FGV.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

Important men who might have expected from Eisman some sign of deference or respect, on the other hand, often came away from encounters with him shocked and outraged.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

He saved his harshest comments for the Germans he encountered while painting in the south of France.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Ventura resident Julie Scorsatto Weyers encountered the nest while walking along the beach Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Investigators have not determined yet who was flying the plane when it encountered trouble.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Epic Love Photography founder Rob Dight, who has spent more than a decade photographing couples escaping the pressures of traditional weddings, said the day was unlike anything he had encountered before.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

It was not the same person as the man that Duane encountered, but Duane made the connection nonetheless.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

Hands-on experiences dominate the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, where encountering artifacts that highlight aerospace history is on equal footing with learning about its future.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

This behavior, known as one-dimensional pinning-free vortex flow, means the vortices can travel along a defined path without encountering the usual obstacles that restrict their movement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

AST SpaceMobile’s plan to build the first space-based cellular broadband network is encountering major hurdles.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

But it cannot offer the particular surprise of encountering another person who has decided, for no reason other than the pleasure of it, to show me something strange and wonderful.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

The more time spent in museums and galleries, the more rewarding the act of encountering art becomes.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell


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