encountered
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Although humans never encountered these dinosaurs, Morrison's comparison highlights an intriguing difference between predators of different sizes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Because the complete design could be seen only from above, most people encountered it through photographs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
"I've never seen in the decades I've been involved more fear and apprehension among voters," Sharpton said, describing worries he encountered during a recent visit to Ohio.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
"Building an apparently unshakeable reputation as friendly, caring and trustworthy with the adults she encountered outside her home was part of how she concealed what was happening."
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
When the Dutch biologist Hugo de Vries encountered the concept of the gene in the 1890s, he quickly intuited that the idea would reorganize our understanding of the natural world.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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