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past tense of encounter
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to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face
- quite unexpectedly encountered our next-door neighbor while vacationing in Europe
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to come upon unexpectedly or by chance
- we encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house
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to enter into contest or conflict with
- the troops encountered bands of guerrilla fighters as they made their way across the desert
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“Encountered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encountered. Accessed 20 Jan. 2022.
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