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Those statements echoed the testimony of a farmer who had claimed years earlier that on an evening in April 2004, he had encountered a man driving a sedan with German licence plates.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

In her work on the Central Coast, Taylor said she had responded to calls from people who had encountered rattlesnakes in their backyards.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

This earlier study drew the attention of a medical geneticist in Europe who had encountered two patients with unexplained muscle weakness and coordination problems.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2025

The employment tribunal previously heard how Ms Peggie had encountered Dr Upton in the women's changing room on two occasions in August and late October or early November 2023.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2025

It was a sore point with Dad that Mother was the only pupil he ever had encountered with whom he had no success.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey