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dispute(verb, meet, attack, consider, oppose)
12
bicker(noun, verb, meet, attack, consider)
10
argue(verb, consider, oppose, settle, fight)
10
wrangle(noun, verb, meet, attack, consider)
7
differ(verb, consider, oppose, fight, dispute)
6
contend(verb, meet, attack, consider, oppose)
5
debate(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
4
hassle(verb, consider, oppose, fight, dispute)
4
set to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, consider, oppose)
3
contest(verb, consider, oppose, settle, fight)
3
controvert(verb, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
3
cross swords(verb, expression, meet, attack, consider)
2
bandy(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
2
bump heads(verb, expression, consider, oppose, fight)
2
canvass(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
2
discept(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
2
hash over(expression, consider, dispute, review)
2
have at it(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, consider)
2
knock around(expression, consider, dispute, review)
2
lock horns(verb, expression, consider, oppose, fight)
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