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challenges(noun, verb, opposes, disagrees, counteracts)
6
opposes(verb, opposes, disagrees, counteracts)
5
confronts(verb, opposes, confronts)
5
dares(verb, confronts)
5
resists(verb, opposes)
4
braves(noun, verb, confronts)
4
counters(noun, verb, opposes)
4
faces(noun, verb, confronts)
3
affronts(noun, verb)
3
checks(noun, verb, opposes)
3
contradicts(verb, opposes, counteracts)
3
contravenes
3
counteracts(verb, opposes, counteracts)
3
dissents(noun, verb, disagrees)
2
antagonizes(verb, opposes, disagrees)
2
conflicts(verb, opposes, disagrees)
2
crosses(verb, opposes)
2
disagrees(verb, opposes, disagrees)
2
disputes(verb, opposes, disagrees)
2
interferes(verb, opposes, counteracts)
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