On leaving the stadium, fans encountered a city without electricity and no traffic lights.

Never again would I encounter a dryad without remembering.

She didn't want to encounter a bearver again without ammunition.

"Cops were encountering people without guns and were firing their weapons."

Even human beings find this distressing to encounter at close quarters without any warning, and find themselves drawing back.

Selig has said repeatedly that a different owner would encounter the same problems without a new park.

He encounters a woman from the 19th century without arms; she disappears like the fingerless man.

A hostile bid for the company may encounter difficulties, without the full support of the Sainsbury family.

"It's a serious condition," Liz said hastily, thinking of the poor doctor who might encounter a wild magical talent without warning.

Certainly he had no desire to encounter any of these crazy creatures without his magic!