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| press(verb, state, maintain, declare) | |
| press for(expression, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| propose(verb, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| protest(verb, state, hold, press, maintain) | |
| raise(verb, support, maintain, promote, encourage) | |
| root for(expression, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| run interference for(expression, idiom, support, take, promote) | |
| sanction(verb, support, favor, back, approve) | |
| say(verb, state, hold, charge, press) | |
| say so(expression, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| side(verb, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| side with(verb, expression, support, hold, help) | |
| spread around(expression, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| stand behind(verb, expression, support, hold, help) | |
| stump for(verb, expression, support, take, promote) | |
| tout(verb, support, take, promote, encourage) | |
| underwrite(verb, support, keep, maintain, praise) | |
| urge(verb, support, state, take, charge) | |
| validate(verb, support, help, keep, maintain) | |
| verify(verb, support, hold, help, keep) |
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