attempt
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Attempt to buy literally anything online without wading through bot-addled marketplaces full of garbage.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Appeared in the November 25, 2025, print edition as 'Another Attempt at Peace in Ukraine'.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 24, 2025
Maybe “Games with Unnecessary Meaning in an Attempt to Jazz Up the Beginning of the Regular Season with New Courts and an Extra Trophy” was already taken.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2023
On July 15, on Launch Attempt Number 6, Endeavour roared to the sky.
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022
Attempt to rectify the Calendar in England, 1584-5; 2.
Vocabulary lists containing attempt
"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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