Related Words for holds

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grasp
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Verb, Verb
grip
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Verb, Verb
handle
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Verb, Verb
arrest
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Verb, Verb
clutches
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Verb, Noun
withstand
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Noun, Verb
wait
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Verb, Verb
halt
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Verb, Verb
keep
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Verb, Verb
carry
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Verb, Verb
take
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Verb, Verb
restrain
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Verb, Verb
maintain
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Verb, Verb
give
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Verb, Verb
retain
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Verb, Verb
throw
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Verb, Verb
sustain
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Verb, Verb
support
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Verb, Verb
delay
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Verb, Verb
apply
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Verb, Verb
reserve
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Verb, Verb
postponement
x/x
Verb, Noun
defend
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Noun, Verb
obtain
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Verb, Verb
prevail
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Verb, Verb
clench
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Verb, Verb
oblige
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Verb, Verb
make
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Verb, Verb
control
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Verb, Verb
defy
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Verb, Verb
entertain
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Verb, Verb
check
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Verb, Verb
detention
x/x
Verb, Noun
contain
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Noun, Verb
clasp
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Verb, Verb
admit
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Verb, Verb
confine
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Verb, Verb
deem
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Verb, Verb
guard
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Verb, Verb
curb
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Verb, Verb
appreciation
xxx/x
Verb, Noun
bind
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Noun, Verb
have
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Verb, Verb
custody
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Verb, Noun
accommodate
x/xx
Noun, Verb
declare
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Verb, Verb
harbour
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Verb, Verb
harbor
/x
Verb, Verb
book
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Verb, Verb
nurse
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Verb, Verb
moderate
/xx
Verb, Verb
bear
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Verb, Verb
have got
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Phrase, Verb
hold back
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Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
hold up
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Phrase, Verb
keep back
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Phrase, Verb
take for
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Phrase, Verb
take hold
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Phrase, Verb
time lag
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
let go of
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
owns
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Verb
sits
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Verb
occupies
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Verb
possesses
x/x
Verb
clings
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Verb
hangs
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Verb
secures
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Verb
earns
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Verb
puts
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Verb
boasts
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Verb
enjoys
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Verb
belongs
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Verb
acquires
x/x
Verb
brings
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Verb
wields
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Verb
participates
x/xx
Verb
confers
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Verb
rests
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Verb
loses
/x
Verb
receives
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Verb
attends
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Verb
buys
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Verb
sells
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Verb
grabs
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Verb
seizes
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Verb
stands
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Verb
serves
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Verb
conducts
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Verb
pulls
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Verb
dominates
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Verb
sees
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Verb
produces
x/x
Verb
uses
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Verb
operates
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Verb
lends
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Verb
manages
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Verb
bestows
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Verb
dangles
/x
Verb
cherishes
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Verb
pays
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Verb
wears
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Verb
presides
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Verb
draws
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Verb
considers
x/x
Verb
accepts
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Verb
pursues
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Verb
provides
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Verb
imparts
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Verb
defers
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Verb
offers
/x
Verb
enters
/x
Verb
gathers
/x
Verb
resides
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Verb
carves
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Verb
hovers
/x
Verb
fetches
/x
Verb
donates
/x
Verb
delivers
x/x
Verb
collects
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Verb
weighs
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Verb
organizes
/xxx
Verb
goes
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Verb
invokes
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Verb
consists
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Verb
withholds
/x
Verb
generates
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Verb
adopts
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Verb
relinquishes
x/xx
Verb
attracts
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Verb
adheres
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Verb
encompasses
x/xx
Verb
dispenses
x/x
Verb
gets
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Verb
represents
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Verb
awaits
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Verb
attaches
x/x
Verb
utilizes
/xxx
Verb
extends
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Verb
comprises
x/x
Verb
captive
/x
Verb
sway
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Noun
trivially
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Adverb
publishes
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Verb
barred
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Verb
glue
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Noun
doctorate
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Noun
converse
/x
Noun
kisses
/x
Verb
promise
/x
Noun
patents
/x
Noun
hostage
/x
Adverb
ridicule
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Verb
lifts
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Verb
tenaciously
x/xx
Adverb
picks
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Verb
aloft
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Adverb
catches
/x
Verb
shakes
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Verb
leans
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Verb
theorem
/x
Noun
gallons
/x
Noun
reins
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Noun
bachelor
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Noun
inequality
xx/xx
Noun
guides
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Verb
smiles
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Verb
surprises
x/x
Noun
pushes
/x
Verb
tight
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Adverb
embraces
x/x
Verb
fascination
xx/x
Noun
releases
x/x
Verb
seminars
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Noun
reverse
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Noun
dear
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Noun
generalization
xxxx/x
Noun
hearings
/x
Noun
esteem
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Noun
walks
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Verb
cement
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Noun
touches
/x
Verb
container
x/x
Noun
investor
x/x
Noun
conferences
/xxx
Noun
protects
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Verb
equality
x/xx
Noun
ranks
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Noun, Verb
key
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Noun
listens
/x
Verb
cargo
/x
Noun
mirror
/x
Noun
rejects
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Verb
deservedly
x/xx
Adverb
watches
/x
Verb
laughs
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Verb
kant
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Name
directs
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Verb
places
/x
Verb
regards
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Verb
future
/x
Noun
portfolio
x/xx
Noun
attraction
x/x
Noun
palm
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Noun
denies
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Verb
closes
/x
Verb
raises
/x
Verb
asymptotically
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Adverb
register
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Noun
drives
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Verb
accounts
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Noun
accuses
x/x
Verb
administers
x/xx
Verb, Noun
affirms
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Verb
afternoon
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Noun, Adverb
airless
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Adjective
alleges
x/x
Verb
annual
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Adjective, Name
appears
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Name
applauds
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Verb
argues
/x
Verb
arranges
x/x
Verb, Noun
ashen
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Adjective, Verb
ashy
/x
Adjective
asserts
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Verb
associational
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Adjective
assumes
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Verb
audience
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Noun
awakened
x/x
Adjective
banked
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Adjective
be
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
believes
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Verb
black
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Adjective, Name, Verb
blames
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Verb
blanketed
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Adjective
bleached
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Adjective
blotted
/x
Adjective
brightened
/x
Verb
bunker
/x
Noun, Verb
can
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Verb, Noun
cares
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Verb, Noun
celebrates
/xx
Verb, Noun
claims
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Noun, Verb
clamps
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Noun, Verb
commends
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Verb
complicates
/xx
Verb, Noun
conceives
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Verb, Noun
concludes
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Verb
conserves
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Noun
contends
x/
Verb
continues
x/x
Verb
convenes
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Verb, Noun
corresponds
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Verb
deals
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Verb
deductions
x/x
Noun
derives
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Verb
derogations
/x/x
Noun
docks
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Noun
does
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Noun
downstream
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb
elected
x/x
Noun
encloses
x/x
Verb
ensures
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Verb
entails
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Verb
everything
/xx
Verb
ex
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
exercises
/xxx
Noun
exerts
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Verb
feels
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Noun, Adjective
fig
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Name, Verb
finds
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Verb
flat
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Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
forfeitures
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Noun
fulcrum
/x
Noun
happens
/x
Verb
holder
/x
Noun
hosts
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Noun
houses
/x
Noun
includes
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Verb
incorporates
x/xx
Verb
insists
x/
Verb
involves
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Verb
leads
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Verb
lies
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Adjective
meets
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Verb
none
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Noun, Adverb
opens
/x
Verb
organises
xxxx
Verb, Noun
pauses
/x
Verb, Noun
performs
x/
Verb
persists
x/
Verb
plays
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Verb, Noun
presents
/x
Noun
preserves
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Noun
re
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Noun
recognizes
/xxx
Verb
relates
x/
Verb
remains
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Noun
runs
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Noun
saddened
/x
Verb
saves
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Verb
says
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Verb
seats
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Noun
spaces
/x
Noun
stability
x/xx
Noun
stabilizes
/xxx
Verb
stays
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Noun
stems
/
Verb, Noun
sticking
/x
Noun
stops
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Noun
stores
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Noun
submits
x/
Verb
suspensions
x/x
Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
thinks
/
Verb
undergoes
/xx
Verb
undertakes
/xx
Verb
upholds
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Verb, Noun
wants
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Verb
wedges
/x
Noun
welcomes
/x
Verb, Noun
wishes
/x
Noun