4
push(verb, force, press, bother, urge)
3
announce(verb, state, maintain, tell, reveal)
3
call upon(verb, expression, phrasal verb, press, encourage)
3
coerce(verb, move, order, make, force)
3
dwell on(verb, phrasal verb, diffuseness)
3
enjoin(verb, state, move, order, make)
3
expostulate(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object)
3
predicate(verb, state, press, maintain, oppose)
3
proclaim(verb, state, press, maintain, declare)
3
pronounce(verb, state, hold, take, press)
3
remonstrate(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, object)
3
request(verb, order, press, cause, maintain)
3
stand firm(verb, expression, idiom, order, maintain)
3
take no denial(expression, idiom, compulsion, obstinacy)
3
tell(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare)
3
testify(verb, state, maintain, oppose, declare)
2
advocate(verb, state, hold, press, maintain)
2
attest(verb, state, hold, press, maintain)
2
bid(verb, order, press, cause, direct)
2
blast(state, charge, maintain, oppose, declare)
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