encountered

Example Sentences

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Researchers say they have encountered cases of people who created deepfakes from photos they took of their neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Reinhold and his son were charged with making an illustrated record of the wildlife encountered on the voyage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Detainees previously used a sign-up sheet to meet with members of Congress or just started talking to detainees they encountered during facility tours.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

"I don't understand why I'm doing this, suffering and crying," sobbed Sakura – a pop veteran, who'd never encountered such vitriol in her previous bands, HKT48 and Iz*One.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

How they would sing praises of his valiant stand against what must assuredly be the largest great black-backed gull ever encountered!

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el