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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of encounter.

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  • However, this type of positive accountability is the not the definition encountered in most corporate environments.

    The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010

  • However, this type of positive accountability is the not the definition encountered in most corporate environments.

    The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010

  • However, this type of positive accountability is the not the definition encountered in most corporate environments.

    The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010

  • Just days after a Turkish court lifted a more than two-year ban on YouTube, Turks attempting to directly access YouTube on Tuesday evening again encountered a blank screen with a message informing them that YouTube was blocked as part of a May 2008 court order.

    Turkey Blocks, Unblocks YouTube Marc Champion 2010

  • In your book, you juxtapose the exotic scenes and pristine lands the captain encountered in his travels to the loss of native culture and environment that has taken place since.

    An Interview with Tony Horowitz, author of Blue Latitudes 2010

  • I'll just be blunt: i find it more than a little ironic that he seems to be defending some of the most privileged people I've ever encountered from the "elitism" of the orcing hordes.

    poetry month: nikki giovanni cimmerians 2010

  • But the first problem I encountered is that not all wineries and/or importers place barcodes one the back label (adding barcodes to products can be an expensive process).

    Scanners and wine don't make a good blend--yet | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009

  • The writers block I have encountered is from FEAR.

    Writer's Block...A Thing Of The Past | Write to Done 2009

  • The only issue I've encountered is that the bread stales fast, and I'm never able to eat the whole loaf quickly enough (unless I am being particularly gluttonous).

    Is That Legal?: March 2008 Archives 2008

  • The only issue I've encountered is that the bread stales fast, and I'm never able to eat the whole loaf quickly enough (unless I am being particularly gluttonous).

    Is That Legal?: No-Knead French Rolls! 2008

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