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meet
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Verb, Verb
happen
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Verb, Verb
find
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Verb, Verb
see
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Verb, Verb
receive
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Verb, Verb
confrontation
xx/x
Verb, Noun
play
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Noun, Verb
chance
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Verb, Verb
showdown
/x
Verb, Noun
hit
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Noun, Verb
bump
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Verb, Verb
skirmish
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Verb, Verb
clash
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Verb, Verb
brush
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Verb, Verb
come across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
coming upon
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
ran into
/x/
Phrase, Noun, Verb
run across
/x/
Phrase, Verb
run into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take on
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Phrase, Verb
came across
/x/
Phrase
experienced
x/xx
Adjective, Verb
approached
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Verb
occurred
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Verb
confronted
x/x
Verb
interacted
xx/x
Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
come upon
/x/
Phrase, Verb
visited
/xx
Verb
discovered
x/x
Verb
witnessed
/x
Verb
bump into
/x/
Phrase, Verb
meet with
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Phrase, Verb
introduced
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Verb
traversed
/x
Verb
intersected
xx/x
Verb
caught out
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Phrase
apprehended
xx/x
Verb
battled
/x
Verb
happen to
/x/
Phrase
interaction
xx/x
Noun
contracted
/xx
Verb
stumble upon
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
recognized
/xx
Verb
explored
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Verb
accosted
x/x
Verb
befriended
x/x
Verb
ventured
/x
Verb
described
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Verb
recognised
/xx
Verb
undergone
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Verb
identified
x/xx
Verb
contacted
/xx
Verb
found out
//
Phrase
check out
//
Phrase, Verb
fought
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Verb
observed
x/
Verb
ended up
/x/
Phrase
checked out
//
Phrase
entered
/x
Verb
description
x/x
Noun
accompanied
x/xx
Verb
acquaintance
x/x
Noun
reached
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Verb
engage with
x//
Phrase
acquainted
x/x
Verb
picked up
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Phrase
appeared
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Verb
sought out
//
Phrase
originated
x/xxx
Verb
undertook
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Verb
incident
/xx
Noun
initiated
x/xxx
Verb
challenged
/x
Verb
engaging
x/x
Verb
anomalous
x/xx
Adjective
attacked
x/
Verb
detected
x/x
Verb
exhibited
x/xx
Verb
overcame
/x/
Verb
the word
x/
Phrase, Verb
aforementioned
x/xx
Adjective
crossed
/
Verb
transpires
x/x
Verb
captured
/x
Verb
defeated
x/x
Verb
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
ligated
xxx
Verb
obstacles
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Noun
pitfalls
/x
Noun
infrequently
x/xx
Adverb
explorers
x/x
Noun
opposition
xx/x
Noun
traveled
/x
Verb
commonly
/xx
Adverb
obtaining
x/x
Verb
hardships
/x
Noun
implementing
/xxx
Verb
problems
/x
Noun
frustrations
x/x
Noun
resistance
x/x
Noun
compiling
x/x
Verb
researching
x/x
Verb
translating
x/x
Verb
hostility
x/xx
Noun
frequently
/xx
Adverb
differentiating
xx/xxx
Verb
dilemmas
x/x
Noun
delays
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Noun
uncommonly
x/xx
Adverb
distinguishing
x/xx
Verb
securing
x/x
Verb
conducting
x/x
Verb
patrol
x/
Noun
drilled
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Verb
attempting
x/x
Verb
hazards
/x
Noun
complications
xx/x
Noun
rarely
/x
Adverb
dealing
/x
Verb
storms
/
Noun
located
/xx
Adjective
fortuitously
x/xxx
Adverb
processing
/xx
Verb
estimating
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Verb
bleeding
/x
Noun
administering
x/xxx
Verb
interpreting
/xxx
Verb
prejudice
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Noun
transmitted
x/x
Verb
racism
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Noun
designing
x/x
Verb
europeans
xx/x
Name
situations
xx/x
Noun
applying
x/x
Verb
unexpectedly
xx/xx
Adverb
troubles
/x
Noun
occasionally
x/xxx
Adverb
anomalies
x/xx
Noun
constructing
x/x
Verb
spaniards
/x
Name
dangers
/x
Noun
handling
/x
Verb
clinically
/xxx
Adverb
seldom
/x
Adverb
sporadically
x/xx
Adverb
terminated
/xxx
Verb
measuring
/xx
Verb
barriers
/xx
Noun
performing
x/x
Verb
arriving
x/x
Verb
separating
/xxx
Verb
peoples
/x
Noun
infections
x/x
Noun
establishing
x/xx
Verb
abnormalities
xx/xx
Noun
discrimination
xxx/x
Noun
antigen
/xx
Noun
obstruction
x/x
Noun
investigating
x/xxx
Verb
achieving
x/x
Verb
analyzing
/xxx
Verb
temperatures
/xx
Noun
tumors
/x
Noun
studying
/xx
Verb
evaluating
x/xxx
Verb
practice
/x
Noun
occupationally
xx/xxx
Adverb
anticipated
x/xxx
Verb
defining
x/x
Verb
environments
x/xx
Noun
before
x/
Adverb
advanced
x/
Verb
lesions
/x
Noun
solved
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Verb
accrued
x/
Adjective
arisen
x/x
Adjective
ascertained
xx/
Adjective
associated
x/xxx
Adjective
been
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Verb
bereaved
x/
Adjective
beset
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Verb
braved
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Verb
butted
/x
Adjective
caused
/
Verb
coincided
xx/x
Verb
coincidence
x/xx
Noun
collided
x/x
Verb
emerged
x/
Verb
endured
x/
Verb
engendered
x/x
Verb
exposed
x/
Adjective
faced
/
Adjective
fetched
/
Verb, Adjective
foundered
/x
Verb
had
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Verb
hampered
/x
Adjective
impacted
/xx
Adjective
incurred
x/
Verb
interviewed
/xx
Verb
involved
x/
Adjective
known
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Adjective, Noun
lived
/
Adjective
mixed
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Adjective
nabbed
/
Verb
noted
/x
Adjective
noticed
/x
Adjective
objecting
x/x
Verb
perceived
x/
Adjective
posed
/
Adjective
produced
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Verb
proven
/x
Adjective
raised
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Adjective
recorded
x/x
Adjective
recovered
x/x
Adjective
registered
/xx
Adjective
standoff
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
struck
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Noun
stumbled
/x
Verb
suffered
/x
Verb
tackled
/x
Adjective
tested
/x
Adjective
weighed
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Verb