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The FAI governing body, holding its 120th general conference in Lausanne from Wednesday to Friday, validated the record attempt after verifying the flight data.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Lethal injections ultimately represent an attempt to lessen people’s horror at state executions by dressing up the process to make it appear painless and humane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Germany's final attempt was an experimental reactor known as the B8 pile, constructed in 1945 under the direction of physicist Werner Heisenberg.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“This is one area we’re not quite confident in,” Pinkerton said as we watched the robot attempt to align a glass on the dishwasher’s prongs with motions suggestive of a claw-machine arm.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I know better than to attempt to get Celia to reveal anything before she’s ready, so I make myself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and let Celia’s little mystery go, for now.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Fielder’s attempts to explain the joke and why he showed it to her get him nowhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"However, as recent events have shown, Counter Terrorism Policing will seek to proactively disrupt any attempts by hostile states to carry out criminal acts in the UK."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Search consultants will then typically prepare a report that attempts to provide a big-picture perspective on a candidate, with brevity the goal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Aside from attempts to calm and entice locals, Amazon took a harder-line approach earlier this month, warning the public that the moratoriums could be harmful.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Which meant that over the years, the attempts to alter history had become increasingly more organized and better planned, which made Butterflies that much harder to spot.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

According to AFP journalists, protesters attempted to force their way into government offices on the capital’s main boulevard on Friday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

The BBC has attempted to contact Helm for comment.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The niche, sometimes unbelievable drama of this community attracts rubberneckers who’ve never even attempted German short rows or an Italian bind-off in their lives.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

But they privately acknowledge the idea of tying all those loose threads together in one big conspiracy case in South Florida, as they had initially attempted, isn’t a practical approach.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Magic then recited the speech she had practiced with all the dramatic flair that Duane had attempted earlier.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

The Dodgers were attempting to become the first team in NL history to win three straight championships.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Federal agents arrested Luo in 2025 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport as she was attempting to board a flight to China.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

It has also been attempting to expand its business, including gaming and allowing adverts to play before and during shows and films.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

He was cleared of conspiring or attempting to murder Moore-Martin and of possessing an article for use in fraud.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Price was not the only one devoting much of his life to attempting to solve the riddle of the mechanism.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler