brief attempt
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A brief attempt at a career in the legal profession was cut short after he failed his first year at law school.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
There was a brief attempt by Alston supporters to keep the chair, but it became moot.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022
He made a brief attempt at screenwriting in Hollywood — he is one of several credited writers of “Easy Money,” a 1983 Rodney Dangerfield comedy — before returning East and becoming a sought-after magazine writer.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Dad built a few more during a brief attempt at retirement and now we have eight of these bulky boxes nestled in the boughs of oak trees around our Kent farm.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2020
Nevertheless, some brief attempt to reconstruct the main facts in the subsequent history of Sussex must still be undertaken.
From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen
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