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play(verb, meet, fight, challenge)
5
run up against(expression, idiom, get, light, oppose)
5
withstand(verb, take, meet, attack, oppose)
4
fall in with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
4
meet up with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
4
protest(noun, verb, attack, fight, resist)
4
strive(verb, meet, attack, oppose, play)
4
stumble(verb, meet, light, oppose, see)
4
wrestle(verb, light, oppose, see, play)
3
alight upon(verb, expression, phrasal verb, meet, bear)
3
argue(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
3
assault(noun, verb, meet, attack, start)
3
bear(verb, support, take, get, meet)
3
check(verb, attack, fight, resist, deny)
3
hit on(verb, expression, catch, notice, spot)
3
light(verb, meet, oppose, see, challenge)
3
run smack into(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, meet)
3
take(verb, support, close, meet, accept)
3
vie(verb, meet, oppose, play, fight)
2
abide(verb, support, take, meet, accept)
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