seldom met with

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But no matter whom you ask in this city’s tight-knit community of Polish Catholics, the name of Marek Bozek is seldom met with a shrug.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2010

Indifferent acting and direction shattered what started out to be a simple, sincere narrative of the type so seldom met with in the movies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perfect gravel is seldom met with here, even in the stratum of pebbles before mentioned.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

The natural home of the Wild Pigeon is within the wooded lands, and they are seldom met with upon the broad prairies.

From Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [January, 1898] A Monthly Serial designed to Promote Knowledge of Bird-Life by Various

Hard coin is seldom met with these days.”

From Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls by Madison, Lucy Foster