6
tilt(verb, meet, attack, play, fight)
5
advance(noun, verb, state, press, present)
5
asseverate(verb, support, hold, press, maintain)
5
charge(verb, state, attack, maintain, declare)
5
come to blows(verb, expression, idiom, fight, struggle)
5
justify(verb, state, move, hold, press)
5
manage(verb, handle, endure, face, suffer)
5
object(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, fight)
5
pronounce(verb, state, press, maintain, declare)
5
quibble(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, challenge)
5
scramble(verb, get, work, struggle, try)
5
tussle(verb, meet, attack, play, fight)
5
urge(verb, state, move, hold, press)
4
accept(verb, face, deal, affirm, cope)
4
acknowledge(verb, state, maintain, tell, reveal)
4
announce(verb, state, hold, maintain, tell)
4
blast(verb, state, maintain, oppose, declare)
4
box(verb, meet, attack, challenge, struggle)
4
broil(verb, conflict)
4
buck(verb, stop, meet, attack, maintain)
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