3
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3
contending(verb, affirming)
3
continuation(noun, addition, extension, persistence, contention)
3
controlling(verb, adjective, covering, commanding, ordering)
3
corroborating(verb, adjective, affirming)
3
guarding(verb, protecting)
3
maintain
3
professing(verb, affirming, believing)
3
prolonging(verb, increase, line, extension, persistence)
3
securing(verb, adjective, working, engaging, protecting)
3
testifying(verb, affirming)
2
accommodating(verb, adjective, working, engaging)
2
arguing
2
arresting(verb, adjective, working, engaging)
2
assuring(verb, affirming)
2
attesting(verb, affirming)
2
confining(verb, adjective, working, engaging)
2
contention(noun, position, claim, argument, assertion)
2
continuance(noun, extension, persistence)
2
covering(verb, adjective, commanding, controlling, protecting)
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