encountered

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During Pinky’s broken-wing pit stop, my 10-year-old daughter Margaret Green and friends Ezra Cunningham and Meta Nalepa encountered the bird in a nearby driveway while delivering their neighborhood newspaper.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

He then requested a refund but encountered a confusing series of prompts that required him to enter his credit card information again.

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2026

Though Mr. Burgis encountered hostility from some of the men, he also connected with an older gentleman with whom he bonded while watching a tennis match on television.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

Super Micro encountered a stumbling block in March, when co-founder Wally Liaw and other employees were charged with diverting $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia chips to China.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

He obeyed the bird, and soon he encountered a kudu.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer