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Schools across the UK previously told the BBC they were encountering increasing numbers of pupils who admired Mr Tate.

From BBC • Jul. 23, 2024

Cal State campuses have conducted workshops with local high schools — and also stepped up assistance for continuing students, who also were encountering unfamiliar hang-ups with their applications.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2024

Brigadier General Iddo Mizrahi, chief of Israel's military engineers, said troops were in a first stage of opening access routes in Gaza but were encountering mines and booby-traps.

From Reuters • Nov. 2, 2023

Despite Mayhew’s long career, many visitors were encountering them there for the first time.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

"That paper," Keene said, "was retained to prove to the native chiefs what difficulties we, their friends, were encountering in trying to assist them in building up a confederacy of their own."

From Boy Scouts in the Philippines Or, The Key to the Treaty Box by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)