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asseverate(verb, support, hold, press)
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charge(verb, state, attack, declare)
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justify(verb, state, move, hold, press)
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object(verb, oppose, declare, fight)
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pronounce(verb, state, press, declare)
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urge(verb, state, move, hold, press)
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acknowledge(verb, state, tell, reveal)
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announce(verb, state, hold, tell)
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blast(verb, state, oppose, declare)
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buck(verb, stop, meet, attack)
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defy(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
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dictate(verb, state, declare, assert)
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enjoin(verb, state, declare, assert)
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enunciate(verb, state, tell, reveal)
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match(verb, oppose, continue, fight)
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mix it up(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, state)
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plead(verb, support, present, favor)
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prescribe(verb, state, declare, assert)
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press(verb, state, hold, declare)
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refute(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
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