Example Sentences

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What people actually want is a government that is working to solve issues that they have been encountering, not just for years, but for decades.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2026

To make it easy, we created a submission form for you to air your questions, concerns or thoughts about the problems you may have been encountering in the workplace.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2022

Anastasia Belomytseva and her husband, Vladimir, have been encountering the same problem.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2022

Unfortunately, we have been encountering accumulating reasons for making us want to place restrictions on their time together.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2019

"The problems that we have been encountering over the period since then are essentially political problems, and political problems are only ever solved by people talking to each other."

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2013