6
challenges(verb, opposes, defies)
4
defies(verb, opposes, defies)
4
faces(verb, contends, defies)
4
opposes(verb, opposes, contends)
4
resists(verb, opposes, contends, defies)
3
antagonizes(verb, opposes, contends)
3
dares(verb, defies)
3
encounters(verb, contends)
2
affronts(verb, defies)
2
argues(verb, contends, converses)
2
braves
2
conflicts(verb, opposes, contends)
2
counteracts(verb, opposes, defies)
2
counters(verb, opposes, defies)
2
crosses(verb, opposes, defies)
2
disputes(verb, opposes, contends)
2
dissents(verb, contends, defies)
2
meets(verb, converses)
2
protests(verb, opposes, contends)
2
repels(verb, opposes)
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