encounter
verb (used with object)
to come upon or meet with, especially unexpectedly.
are encountering
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present progressiveof encounter.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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We are very curious and full of awe about what we are encountering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
“They are encountering people they don’t know anything about,” said Scott Shuchart, a former assistant director at ICE.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
“My guess is that they are encountering U.S citizens much more often than they have historically just because the scope of their interior enforcement activities are so much larger than they ever have been.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
"The world that Declan and Adam have created has expanded even more and you begin to understand the complexities of the crimes the characters are encountering in their day-to-day jobs," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2024
They forget that their readers are encountering the event for the first time and need to see it enacted with their own eyes'.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
