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