encounters

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Hig’s days are spent flying perimeter patrols, scanning for signs of life — or trouble — until he encounters Margaret Qualley’s Cima, a medic guarding her own small foothold in the ruined world.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

A spate of bear encounters, including at hot spring resorts and in supermarkets last year, sparked alarm, with the government deploying troops to help hunt and trap them.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

From courtroom standoffs to tense encounters with highway robbers, hats in early modern England carried far more meaning than simple fashion.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

It could touch on patriotism, celebrations, encounters with the police—and more somber investigations of that thing called love.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

After lunch, His Excellency spoke to the guests of his American encounters with discrimination, and of friendships he had made with Afro- Americans, and he reaffirmed the bonds between Africans and Afro-Americans.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey