was encountering
- past progressive of encounter.
Example Sentences
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Mr Oliver said the council's housing team was encountering about 60 cases of homelessness each week - which was "very high."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
"At a certain point, she realised that what she was encountering could become her new role in literature," said Tetyana Teren, executive director of PEN Ukraine, a writers' association.
From Reuters ● Jul. 4, 2023
But waiting in a separate line designated for people with young children, Katya, 34, said her family was encountering growing hostility in a country that only months earlier welcomed Ukrainians enthusiastically.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2022
Ms. Johnson-Dorsey, who had Covid last year and was vaccinated in March, said that what she was encountering in stores had become a major source of worry as the Delta variant spread.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2021
While modern classical music had its challenges, older music was encountering its own difficulties in the twentieth century, despite - or indeed because of - an explosion in recordings in the 1960s.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
