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
After a brief attempt to revive the firm, Mr. Mashinsky resigned in September.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
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
Or, a brief attempt to demonstrate, that the Newtonian system is perfectly agreeable to the notions of the wisest ancients: and that mathematical principles are the only sure ones.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
