- present tense form of encounter (3rd person singular).
encounters
Example Sentences
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While Bass and Raman trekked across the city during the primary, Pratt limited his public appearances mostly to the Westside and random encounters with supporters he posted on social media.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Yes, a new Steven Spielberg movie about close encounters with extra-terrestrials is landing — and misses the mark.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Kroenke believes it helps that having a broad portfolio of teams helps the entire network, because he encounters “similar problems across leagues and similar opportunities” even in entirely different sports.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
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
They passed men and women dressed in shabby tunics, some nursing freshly bandaged wounds from encounters with beasts, some marked by more permanent injuries Eke old scars and missing fingers.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
