encountered

Example Sentences

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A friend who recently joined the Medicare rolls encountered a new test at his last physical.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

This happened during the nationwide #MeToo reckoning, but they still encountered resistance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It was there he saw the cleaning team, the first people he had encountered in almost a week.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Those statements echoed the testimony of a farmer who had claimed years earlier that on an evening in April 2004, he had encountered a man driving a sedan with German licence plates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In the heart of the bayou Abigail encountered my ancestor, another escaped slave girl named Santana.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold