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contend(verb, attack, maintain, oppose)
14
struggle(verb, action, act, meet)
11
fight(verb, meet, oppose, struggle)
10
contest(verb, meet, attack, run)
8
strive(verb, meet, attack, oppose)
7
try(verb, attack, struggle, aim)
6
essay(verb, attack, struggle, try)
4
take on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose)
3
go for(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet)
2
attempt(verb, attack, struggle, try)
2
bear down(verb, expression, attack, struggle)
2
exert oneself(verb, expression, attack, struggle)
2
hassle(verb, fight, struggle, try)
2
jockey(verb, strain, struggle, try)
2
knock oneself out(verb, expression, idiom, meet)
2
labor(verb, attack, struggle, try)
2
push(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
2
shoot for(verb, expression, meet, attack)
2
tug(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
2
wrangle(verb, attack, fight, struggle)
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