encounters
Example Sentences
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Under the makeover, encounters between Americans and Venezuelans in Caracas feel less like bilateral meetings than audiences.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
There were four encounters with sharks across Australia in January, according to the Australian Shark-Incident Database, only one of which was fatal.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Donald Trump's summit with China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing this week was the latest in decades of high-level diplomatic encounters between the two countries marked by drama, tension and surprising breakthroughs.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Other possible explanations for asteroid activity include rotational breakup, gravitational tidal forces during close planetary encounters and the release of trapped gases.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
What I remember are events and encounters and routines, markers that emerged here and there from the ocean of time and imprinted themselves on my memory.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
