3
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2
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2
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2
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2
arguing
2
bandy(verb, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
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2
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2
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2
careen
2
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2
close
2
collision(noun, meet, attack, fight, tilt)
2
contestation
2
cope with(expression, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
face(verb, play, fight, challenge, contest)
2
go after(expression, play, fight, challenge, face)
2
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2
in the hunt(expression, idiom, play, fight, challenge)
2
inclination
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