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combat(noun, verb, attack, fight, dispute)
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contestation(noun, conflict)
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converse(noun, verb, develop, review, deliberate)
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demur(noun, verb, stop, difficulty, issue)
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dialogue(noun, talk, argument, meeting, chatter)
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discept(verb, consider, oppose, settle, dispute)
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fence
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hover(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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muse(noun, verb, study, consider, examine)
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orate(verb, speak)
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oration(noun, speech, address, lecture, sermon)
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powwow(noun, check, consider, see, respect)
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recitation(noun, speech, address, lecture, sermon)
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remark(noun, verb, develop, mark, note)
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scrap(noun, verb, oppose, fight, dispute)
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seminar(noun, meeting, conversation, discussion, conference)
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speculate(verb, consider, examine, think, deliberate)
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strife(noun, trouble, fight, dispute, anxiety)
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struggle(dispute, disagreement, disputation)
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think twice about(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, pause)
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