8
betide(verb, break, take, go, meet)
8
hap(verb, break, take, come, happen)
8
eventuate(verb, stop, go, end, meet)
8
crop up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, set)
8
fall(verb, break, take, meet, develop)
8
follow(verb, rise, result, arise, happen)
8
result(verb, stop, end, meet, develop)
7
ensue(verb, stop, start, pass, rise)
7
exist(verb, arise, emerge, happen, existence)
7
go on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, start, continue)
7
hit(verb, move, get, advance, meet)
7
strike(verb, touch, hit, mind, enter)
7
rise(verb, move, go, give, set)
5
breathe(verb, continue, stay, remain, live)
5
go(verb, move, break, work, develop)
5
lie(verb, continue, stay, remain, live)
5
live(verb, continue, stay, remain, happen)
5
pass off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, eventuality)
5
go off(verb, expression, explode, happen, detonate)
5
surface(verb, go, show, develop, present)
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