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joust(meet, attack, play, fight)
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spar(meet, attack, oppose, play)
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state(hold, press, present, maintain)
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withstand(stop, hold, take, meet)
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avow(support, state, hold, press)
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collide(meet, attack, disturb, oppose)
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confront(stop, take, meet, attack)
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differ(hold, meet, consider, disturb)
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feud(meet, attack, oppose, fall)
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lock horns(expression, idiom, consider, oppose)
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profess(support, state, hold, press)
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run(push, rush, struggle, enter)
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stand(take, meet, oppose, play)
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submit(take, meet, present, oppose)
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avouch(state, press, maintain, oppose)
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brawl(meet, attack, disturb, oppose)
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controvert(consider, present, maintain, oppose)
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hassle(phrasal verb, work, consider, oppose)
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jostle(oppose, fight, struggle, resist)
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meet(take, attack, oppose, play)
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