effort

Example Sentences

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“We don’t like seeing late ballots and if someone has made the effort to vote, we want to count it.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

A massive search and rescue effort extricated one crew member but at least one additional crew member was unaccounted for.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

But those details, while significant, were quickly overshadowed by the visual: the sense that once the decision was made, there was no effort to preserve the image of continuity.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

Some 20 French boats set sail from Marseille on Saturday to join up with an international flotilla making a renewed effort to break an Israeli blockade and deliver aid to Gaza, AFP reporters saw.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Lamps burn low and tarps black out the windows above ground, an effort to conceal the building from Hitler’s bombers.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin