as in encountering
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face
happened upon the hotel manager in the lobby and promptly complained about the room
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Shanghai and Shenzhen Composite Indices reached the top of recent ranges, encountering resistance.—
Brendan Ahern,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025 -
On social media, people shared instructions for how to turn off auto-play in order to avoid accidentally encountering what amounted to a snuff video.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Both teams are off to 2-0 starts, and after meeting in the playoffs last year, this could be another postseason preview.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Sep. 2025
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Kwasman, a former state lawmaker, recalled meeting Kirk about a decade ago.—
Shawn Raymundo,
AZCentral.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Happening (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/happening%20%28upon%29. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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