6
struggle(verb, action, act, oppose, fight)
4
contend(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
3
contest(verb, oppose, fight, struggle, resist)
3
strive(verb, opposition, competition, opponent)
2
accost(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
affront(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
dare(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
defy(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
encounter(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
make a stand(verb, expression, idiom, take, meet)
2
match(verb, oppose, fight, opposition, face)
2
resist(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
2
tell off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet)
2
vie(verb, oppose, fight, opposition, face)
2
withstand(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
abide(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
allow(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
battle(verb, oppose, fight, struggle, resist)
1
be confronted by(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
1
bear(verb, take, meet, oppose, play)
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