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

The "series of close UAP encounters" lasted for more than an hour, he said.

From BBC • May 22, 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

I’d had some difficult encounters with officers getting into prisons from time to time, mostly in small county jails or places where I’d never been before, but this was highly unusual.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson