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struggle(verb, action, act, meet, oppose)
8
contend(verb, consider, oppose, fight)
5
clash(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
5
collide(verb, fight, challenge, face)
5
fight(verb, meet, oppose, dispute)
4
contest(verb, meet, consider, oppose)
3
bandy(verb, consider, oppose, fight)
3
battle(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
3
cope with(expression, fight, challenge, face)
3
grapple(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
3
oppose(verb, meet, consider, fight)
3
spar(verb, fight, challenge, face)
3
tilt(verb, fight, challenge, face)
2
be in the running(verb, fight, challenge, face)
2
bid(verb, fight, challenge, face)
2
challenge(verb, fight, question, face)
2
encounter(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
2
face(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
2
fence(verb, fight, challenge, face)
2
go after(verb, expression, meet, oppose)
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