6
stroke(verb, work, meet, press, touch)
6
thumb(verb, work, meet, touch, hit)
5
act(verb, go, work, run, consider)
5
beguile(verb, move, take, change, work)
5
coax(verb, influence, trick, charm, persuade)
5
communicate(verb, meet, touch, hit, smooth)
5
drive(verb, go, work, keep, run)
5
exercise(verb, take, control, work, accept)
5
exert(verb, control, go, work, accept)
5
have(verb, take, use, deceive, fool)
5
mold(verb, change, work, press, determine)
5
negotiate(verb, change, work, cause, direct)
5
oversee(verb, control, run, consider, maintain)
5
play on(verb, expression, control, work, accept)
5
regulate(verb, control, change, work, accept)
5
take care of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, control)
5
tamper with(verb, expression, fix, have, arrange)
4
assemble(verb, influence, arrange, prepare, model)
4
carry on(verb, expression, control, go, work)
4
conspire(verb, act together)
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