attempt
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Because of this complexity, anti-aging researchers are increasingly moving away from strategies that attempt to eliminate all senescent cells.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
This time around, council members put more money into the city’s reserves, partly in an attempt to secure better borrowing terms for the upgrade of the Convention Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell last year shelved an attempt to revisit officials’ “dot plot” exercise, where they pencil in where they expect rates to go.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
“As the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles approach, we cannot allow what should be a celebration of honest sporting endeavor to be overshadowed by this cynical attempt to undermine clean sport,” Banka said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Those were her exact words, and it was the exact words of the curse upon the Ashtons that the fortune.teller had to know in order to undo it—or attempt to, at least.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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