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run-ins

n. (run-in English)

Usage examples of "run-ins".

F'nor had had his run-ins with Kylara when she was still at Benden Weyr and, like many other riders, had been relieved when she'd been made Weyrwoman at Southern.

Makes me think Laura’s had a few run-ins over the years, and you’ve become used to it.

She has regular run-ins with the police, is constantly fighting Chicago's bureaucratic machine and loathes the corruption she is forever encountering.

He and Thargor have had more run-ins than you could count, but he used to be doin' a lot better than this.