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charge(verb, state, maintain, declare, dispute)
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claim(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare)
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come at(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state, charge)
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confront(verb, take, meet, disregard, oppose)
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contemn(disregard, ignore, challenge, resist, frustrate)
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