Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 36 insurgents 34 militiamen 32 guerrillas 31 Taliban fighters 30 rebel fighters 30 holdouts 28 allies 27 rebels 27 protesters 25 deserters 24 hunkered down 23 Olympia Snowe 23 hard liners 23 holdout 22 senators 22 nonbinding 21 loyalists 21 members 21 Majority Leader Harry Reid 20 Democrats 20 rebel 20 Republicans 20 strongholds 20 harshest critics 20 balking 19 adamantly opposed 19 bastions 19 rebellion 19 moderates 19 hardliners 19 dissidents 18 captives 18 draftees 18 centrists 17 stragglers 17 backers 17 negotiators 17 defections 16 gainers 16 unsigned 16 Blue Dogs 16 dissenters 16 large swaths 15 survivors 15 holdovers 15 remnants 15 skirmishes 14 appeased 14 die hards 14 sizable 14 hostages 14 stalwarts 14 bright spots 13 notable exception 13 skeptics 13 handful 13 resisted 13 escapees 12 abandon 12 wavering 12 compromise 11 notable exceptions 11 budging 11 early adopters 11 diehards 11 vestiges 11 proponents 11 zealots 10 budge 10 others 10 recalcitrant 10 naysayers 10 resisting 9 stumbling blocks 9 sliver 9 losers 9 potential suitors 9 compromises 9 preservationists 9 jettison 9 exceptions 8 mainstays 8 suitors 8 unrestricted free 8 laggards 7 steadfastly 7 vestige 7 capitulate 7 concessions 7 still 7 Mankins 6 unresolved 6 acquiesce 5 unwilling 5 rumblings 4 Peppers 4 stubbornly 4 remnant 4 intransigence 3 negotiating 2 extensions