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"Whenever I was awake, I would try to find a way out," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Only rather than asking after lost jumpers and what day PE is, these groups might be used to try to parent long-distance.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
“Shake Your Booty!” wants its grieving main character to get back out there on the floor, but the movie never finds a consistent rhythm for her to try it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Mr. Mamdani, you try to stop me from coming here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
I try my best to get her to understand where I’m coming from.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
With mounting Russian attacks on the capital, his family is in "constant stress" and he tries to distract himself by planting tomatoes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Or perhaps it tries to, but we can’t hear any suspense when the whole film is delivered at a scream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
David Fano, founder and CEO of Teal, said the company tries to take down postings as soon as Jones flags them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
If this investment goes well, he then tries to persuade other struggling people that they should invest in Bitcoin, and the cycle begins anew.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
At dinner, Liz tries to make me feel better.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
He said he had tried afterwards to contact the UK-Greek couple who lived there, without success.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Pinto is the Portuguese computer hacker who tried to bring down City.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
I tried to talk him out of what I believed to be a gimmicky violation of the being-in-the-moment spirit of Cage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Plus: Kalshi’s embrace of sports betting tests rules for prediction markets, and OpenAI agents tried to hack four more websites while seeking data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Sancho tried to move but fell down, like a turtle or a snail in his shell.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Scientists are still trying to understand how the brain manages this energy budget as it moves through different internal states.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026
Who were they hurting by making a joke out of those trying to hurt others?
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
“You’re playing a football game, but you’re also trying to keep your job — and then there’s thousands if not millions of people watching. So you make a mistake, and it’s kind of like, ‘Ahhh.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
Then at the first restart, Norris was trying to pass Gasly around the outside of Turn One when Colapinto locked up on the inside and slid into Gasly, who was knocked into Norris.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
It’s hard enough just trying to walk between two worlds.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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