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striving

noun as in attempt

Weak matches

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“It will be more subject to the whims or preferences of whoever is in power — and in a liberal democracy, that is what you are striving to fight against.”

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But for top players, striving for glory in football video games is far less lucrative than battling for big prize money in fantasy eSports titles such as "League of Legends" or "Dota 2".

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Hopeful striving is healthy in its own right.

One is the Jewish son of an exterminator who rose to Harvard; the other the cerebral product of a striving Black middle class.

It was a time he’d never imagined in two decades of striving.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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