Sentence examples of "stoßen" in German with translation "encounter"

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Eine Versicherung erinnert uns daran, dass die Welt in der wir leben nicht vollständig sicher ist; wir könnten krank werden, in Gefahren geraten oder auf Unerwartetes stoßen. Insurance makes us remember that the world we live in isn't completely safe; we might fall ill, face danger or encounter the unexpected.
Wir sind während der Expedition auf viele Schwierigkeiten gestoßen. We encountered a lot of difficulties on the expedition.
Im sechzehnten Jahrhundert stießen türkische und spanische Piraten im Mittelmeer oft aufeinander. In the sixteenth century Turkish and Spanish pirates often encountered in Mediterranean Sea.
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