8
examine(verb, challenge, question, seek, investigate)
7
question(verb, check, see, talk, ask)
6
interview(verb, examine, challenge, question, seek)
5
probe(verb, examine, challenge, seek, search)
4
approach(verb, request, suggestion, waylay, accost)
4
articulate
4
check out(verb, expression, investigate, dig, penetrate)
4
enounce(verb, state)
4
interrogate(verb, examine, challenge, question, seek)
3
feel out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, examine, approach)
3
grill(verb, examine, challenge, question, seek)
3
pronounce
3
pump(verb, examine, challenge, question, seek)
3
quiz(verb, examine, challenge, talk, question)
2
catechize(verb, sound, examine, challenge, question)
2
challenge(verb, examine, seek, search, test)
2
cross-examine(verb, examine, challenge, question, seek)
2
enquire(verb, examine, challenge, seek, search)
2
enunciate
2
give the third degree(verb, expression, idiom, examine, challenge)
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