attempt
Example Sentences
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That — not any attempt at small ball — is American baseball.
From Los Angeles Times
It said: "Senegal unequivocally rejects this unjustified attempt at dispossession."
From BBC
About one-quarter of the successful picks came from tomatoes that were harvested from the side after an initial front-facing attempt failed.
From Science Daily
When a Toyota group company attempted to take Toyota Industries private recently, Elliott initially opposed the move, saying that the terms substantially undervalued the Japanese forklift maker.
But any future attempt to resurrect the issue would have to start afresh with a new bill in a new parliamentary session.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
