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Encountered in a sculpture park, Paine’s trees feel luxurious and decorative; confronted in Madison Square Park, Lin’s dead trees seem almost whimsical.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2021

Ease of peel: Encountered almost no peeling issues.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2019

Encountered at the headquarters of the Arizona Republican Party in Phoenix, Mr Arpaio agrees that he has built up the role of the posse.

From Economist • Sep. 13, 2016

"Lessons Encountered: Learning from the Long War" is a newly published volume of collected essays on America's 21st century wars.

From US News • Aug. 30, 2016

How else, when neither war, nor the wide sea Encountered him, but viewless realms enwrapt him, Wafted away to some mysterious doom?

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles