as in encountered
to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face
stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport
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Kaplan described the engineers his team encountered there as among the most skilled in the world at managing AI agents.
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On a remote Maine logging road, a couple out for a day of fishing unexpectedly encountered a black bear chasing a frantic moose calf toward their truck.
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Bat met ball and, under his breath, Astros manager Joe Espada muttered an expletive.
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Her post and subsequent comment were met by a flood of support from fans and commenters.
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“Stumbled (upon).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stumbled%20%28upon%29. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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