attempted

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Officers were seen patrolling the cordon and shouted at several cyclists who at one point attempted to pass through a cycle lane within the cordon.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

Though shares traded higher on their first day of trading—and have risen meteorically since—Wall Street scoffed at the attempted modernization.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Days later, the treasury in neighbouring Kenya attempted to change the way it taxed used clothing, saying its proposed system would simplify things for importers.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

It also deployed its 22 mock satellites, including two that attempted to photograph the spacecraft's heat shield for analysis.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Rasseem attempted a snort, but the dust in the air made him cough.

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri