1
acknowledges(verb, responds)
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acts
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adjudges
1
admits
1
agitates
1
agrees
1
antagonizes(verb, contends)
1
applies
1
arrests
1
asserts
1
atones(verb, apologizes)
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averts
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backfires
1
backs
1
barricades
1
bars
1
bears
1
belies(verb, disproves)
1
bickers(verb, contends)
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binds
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