encountering

Example Sentences

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In the digital age, encountering color versions of movies originally filmed in black-and-white is commonplace.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Today, in the podcasting world, Kelly is encountering a different incentive structure.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

It feels then something like that classic philosophical paradox of an immovable object encountering an unstoppable force: logically impossible because the existence of one precludes the other.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

I’ve learned that when we turn away, it often signals that we’re actually encountering something that requires our full emotional commitment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall