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be in the running(play, fight, challenge, face)
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bid(play, fight, challenge, call)
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canvass(run, consider, oppose, settle)
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claim(noun, action, charge, return)
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cope(take, meet, oppose, fight)
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dare(noun, oppose, fight, provoke)
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disaffirm(check, challenge, resist, deny)
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discuss(consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
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endure(support, force, maintain, oppose)
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engage(oppose, fight, resist, battle)
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essay(work, attack, play, fight)
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explain(consider, settle, return, dispute)
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face(take, meet, oppose, play)
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go after(expression, work, meet, attack)
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go for(expression, work, meet, attack)
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go for broke(expression, idiom, meet, oppose)
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go for it(expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
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jockey for position(expression, idiom, meet, oppose)
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jostle(meet, oppose, fight, struggle)
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knock oneself out(expression, idiom, work, meet)
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