7
plod(verb, walk, tramp, slog, tread)
7
reel(verb, fall, agitation, pitch, hesitate)
6
grope(verb, touch, trip, fall, collapse)
6
boggle(fail, damage, blow, difficulty, spoil)
6
founder(verb, drop, decline, drive, fall)
6
labor(verb, disturb, fight, struggle, stir)
6
lumber(verb, trip, fall, falter, tramp)
6
muddle(verb, fall, fail, struggle, proceed)
6
slip(verb, decline, trip, fall, fail)
6
toil(verb, struggle, thrash, splash, tramp)
5
bumble(verb, ruin, trip, fall, fail)
5
careen(verb, move, drop, trip, fall)
5
fall down(verb, expression, struggle, blunder, fumble)
5
fluctuate(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, falter)
5
roll(verb, move, fall, shake, pause)
5
shamble(verb, agitation)
5
squirm(verb, disturb, agitate, agitation, stir)
5
travail(verb, fight, struggle, thrash, splash)
5
trip(verb, fall, slip, falter, stagger)
5
waver(verb, pause, hesitate, stumble, falter)
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