valiant effort

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Woodinville’s offense made a valiant effort with a 19-point fourth, but the Falcons couldn’t dig themselves out of that sizable hole.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Despite the valiant effort from otters against climate change, they are not immune to it.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2024

A new staging presented by Bedlam makes a valiant effort to adapt Stoppard’s cerebral probes into chaos theory, Newtonian law, thermodynamics and metaphysics for a 2023 audience, but the result is a muddled one.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2023

But despite a valiant effort in the field, it wasn't enough and Australia advance to face India in Sunday's final in Ahmedabad.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2023

Ron made a valiant effort to get up again but fell back with a whimper of pain.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling