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- noun Plural form of
encounter . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
encounter .
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Examples
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One of the encounters is the dreaded “the party should know to flee this instead of fight” kind of encounter.
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Being beaten up in police custody is more common than being killed by police in what they call encounters which are almost invariably staged.
rediff.com 2009
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She has hired an interpreter called Blue, but they have an edgy relationship: everywhere she goes, Robin encounters mistrust among a population ground-down by government dictats and poverty.
Book review Maxine 2009
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"With the range expansion, the likelihood of the encounters is increasing."
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What's most telling about these encounters is the absence of fear on the part of the citizens challenging Obama.
Not in My Backyard James Taranto 2010
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Facilitating anonymous and promiscuous sexual encounters is not a pressing social good.
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If casual encounters is your thing, then fine, this might be another venue for that (the propositions I get on match. com are both terrifying and hilarious).
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Try Online Dating. Meredith Fineman 2010
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"With the range expansion, the likelihood of the encounters is increasing."
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If casual encounters is your thing, then fine, this might be another venue for that (the propositions I get on match. com are both terrifying and hilarious).
Meredith Fineman: Fifty First (J)Dates: 5 Reasons Why Everyone Should Try Online Dating. Meredith Fineman 2010
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Re: Facilitating anonymous and promiscuous sexual encounters is not a pressing social good.
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