unsuccessfully
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Teirab, a former Marine and a Harvard Law graduate who’d run unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican, responded with a blunt reality check.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
In 2022, Leavitt unsuccessfully ran for Congress in New Hampshire, emerging victorious from a contested Republican primary, but ultimately losing to Democrat Chris Pappas.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The government had fought unsuccessfully to keep legal challenges to its first notice to Apple secret.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I quickly regretted my words after I cradled Cosmo in my arms to unsuccessfully calm him down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Jackson’s barking into a field communicator, trying unsuccessfully to alert the camp to send medics, but I know it’s too late.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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