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buffet(manage, handle, endure, suffer, confront)
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consider(verb, oppose, settle, dispute, resolve)
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cope with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
4
defy(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
4
dictate(verb, state, maintain, declare, assert)
4
enjoin(verb, state, maintain, declare, assert)
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enunciate(verb, state, maintain, tell, reveal)
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exchange blows(verb, expression, idiom, meet, attack)
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express(verb, claim, assert, affirm, allege)
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go up against(verb, expression, idiom, take, meet)
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grapple with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
4
make do(verb, expression, idiom)
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match(verb, maintain, oppose, continue, fight)
4
mix it up(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, state)
4
plead(verb, support, present, maintain, favor)
4
prescribe(verb, state, maintain, declare, assert)
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press(verb, state, hold, maintain, declare)
4
propose(verb, work, attack, present, yield)
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refute(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute)
4
report(verb, state, hold, maintain, declare)
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