A hostile disagreement face-to-face.
Method used to begin play in ice hockey and some other sports.
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Examples for "encounter "
1 Although the actual encounter must have taken place thousands of years ago.
2 Here we encounter a new problem: what do they mean by toxin?
3 There was enormous enthusiasm and excitement at this new encounter with Europe.
4 Whatever problems we encounter , we will ask God to help us with.
5 Consulates in Jerusalem, Israel's declared but disputed capital, rarely encounter political violence.
1 The new law takes confrontation behind the scenes, out of public view.
2 Palestinian officials said 10 Palestinians were injured in the confrontation , none seriously.
3 But the House vote would help set up a confrontation with Bush.
4 The best way to approach this is directly but without any confrontation .
5 The right approach here is one of cooperation not confrontation , he said.
1 A showdown vote on calling witnesses could loom later in the week.
2 The inevitable showdown takes place but barely limps past the finish line.
3 The showdown comes at a time of heightened political tension in Russia.
4 North Carolina edged Louisville by a point in an early ACC showdown .
5 A lower court ruled against Janus, setting up the Supreme Court showdown .
1 Allred added that she would even face - off with her daughter in court.
2 The 1960 Kennedy-Nixon face - off served to demonstrate the importance of visual performance.
3 I wanted my ducks in perfect formation for tomorrow's face - off with Hubert.
4 The betting is that the contest boils down to a Bigelow-Cameron face - off .
5 Instead, in the final face - off , the villain starts talking about Henrietta Lacks.
6 Interestingly though, the tactical face - off begins before a shot is even fired.
7 Now all three of them are standing in a tense, triangular face - off .
8 A risky face - off in the Baltic between Russia and NATO remains entirely plausible.
9 Thompson scored just 15 seconds later after winning the face - off at center ice.
10 Of its latest face - off , conventional wisdom in Israel is that the Irish won.
11 One person died, probably from a heart attack, during the face - off .
12 Friday's face - off was planned as the first of three presidential debates.
13 Competing males will often battle it out with a colour-change face - off .
14 It was the last televised face - off before the Nov. 3 election.
15 I was halfway to the kennel when I heard the first rip-your-face-off snarl.
16 China swept all before them in this first big face - off of the season.
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