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I mentioned him in the essay about people that I know who have died and I tried going into detail about our friendship and it just felt cheap to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Guardiola wiped his face dry with his white t-shirt and tried to regain his composure as his side strained for one final victory under his management.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Kilicdaroglu's backers had tried to push their way in, before police received orders to step in and take the building.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Since then, scientists have tried to understand exactly how angular momentum spreads through the internal structure of solids.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

We tried not to, but we had to stop from time to time to catch our breath.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo