4
skim
4
touch
3
brush
3
scrape
2
meet(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
2
rub
2
shave
1
accost(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
bump into(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, light)
1
chance on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, light)
1
clash(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
collide(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
come across(verb, expression, phrasal verb, light, oppose)
1
come up against(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
1
confront(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
contact(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
cross(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
dig up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, light)
1
encounter(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
1
engage(verb, light, oppose, see, challenge)
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