Example Sentences

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The findings, published in Neuropsychopharmacology, reveal how caffeine acts on a well-defined brain pathway involved in social memory, the ability to recognize and distinguish people we have encountered before.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

But, as Maibert’s reporting showed, educational AI has all the same problems as ChatGPT or other AI chatbots most of us have encountered.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

When Sam meets the 57-year-old bestselling novelist William Corwyn, she thinks she may have encountered her dream-match.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Being ruthless is not a problem Chelsea have encountered often in recent years, but it has crept in this term.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026

But knowing the bayou, many suspected she would have encountered poisonous snakes, alligators, and uneven, slippery slopes.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold