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outvie(verb, follow, challenge, match)
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participate(verb, take, play, join, aid)
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play(verb, join, aid, try, perform)
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vie with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, fight)
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bear down(verb, expression, work, attack, struggle)
2
buck(verb, oppose, fight, challenge, defend)
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encounter(verb, meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
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exert oneself(verb, expression, work, attack, struggle)
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face(verb, meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
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hassle(verb, work, fight, struggle, try)
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jockey for position(verb, expression, idiom, meet, oppose)
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knock oneself out(verb, expression, idiom, work, meet)
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partake(verb, meet, play, join, aid)
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scramble for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, oppose)
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shoot for(verb, expression, work, meet, attack)
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withstand(verb, meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
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wrangle(verb, work, attack, fight, struggle)
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go after(verb, expression, phrasal verb, work, meet)
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go for broke(verb, expression, idiom, meet, oppose)
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take part(verb, expression, idiom, run, play)
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