encountered

Example Sentences

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Not every situation is life-threatening, but most that Klugo encountered in school required self-advocacy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Katseye, who share a label with Le Sserafim, say the senior band helped when they encountered their own internet trolls.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 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

It was at Olive Garden that I discovered a shared love for peperoncinos with Nana and encountered other shapes of pasta not named spaghetti for the first time.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

He realized they’d been lucky not to have encountered any more wildlife since the grootslang, and now he suspected that luck had run out.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray