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Meanings of first encounter in English

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Usage of first encounter in English
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We'll know if they're any use within seconds of our first encounter.
The Naked God
2
And yet... S'oval had helped her, despite their extremely unpleasant first encounter.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
3
This got us even more excited: our first encounter had proved successful.
Class of 88
4
Whoever attempted it would probably have been destroyed in the first encounter.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
5
The scene of their first encounter is brilliantly stage managed by O'Connor.
The Irish Times
6
It was clear that he had just had his first encounter with
The outsiders
7
He'd had no idea it had been her first encounter with drugs.
Public secrets
8
If I remember correctly, my first encounter with him was in 2006.
Ebony
9
Nevertheless the English had gained at the first encounter a decided victory.
History of Holland
10
Luther's first encounter with the hierarchy was on the traffic in indulgences.
Luther and the Reformation: / The Life-Springs of Our Liberties
11
You may remember your first encounter with those brilliant clusters of berries.
The Irish Times
12
For many visitors these nightly illuminations were their first encounter with electricity.
The devil in the white city: murder, magic & madness and the fai...
13
About 18 months after their first encounter, the pair have been reunited.
BBC
14
Two Carthaginian ships were captured and four sunk on the first encounter.
The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26
15
This first encounter with the aliens is a test-forthem and us.
Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
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He was never to forget his first encounter with Alix the Third.
Quill's Window
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Australia
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South Africa
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Ireland
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