5
enforce(verb, move, make, go, work)
5
exploit(verb, move, take, control, work)
5
govern(verb, take, control, order, work)
5
hit(verb, go, work, run, informal)
5
mesh
5
officiate(verb, move, act, control, work)
5
percolate(verb, move, take, make, go)
5
perk(move, take, make, work, develop)
5
pilot(verb, control, order, go, work)
5
practice(verb, move, control, make, work)
5
produce(verb, move, act, control, make)
5
take effect(expression, idiom, move, work, develop)
5
transport(verb, go, work, run, direct)
5
treat(verb, take, control, make, set)
5
turn(verb, go, work, drive, run)
4
belong
4
connive(verb, plan, design, scheme, cooperate)
4
contrive(verb, move, go, work, run)
4
engineer(verb, move, control, order, work)
4
finesse(verb, move, work, plan, use)
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