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- quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe
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- we encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house
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- the troops encountered bands of guerrilla fighters as they made their way across the desert
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“Encounter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encounter. Accessed 23 May. 2022.
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The first known use of encounter was in the 14th century
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