tried

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The one time she tried to bake lemon squares for an event at her son’s school, she watched as a woman took a bite and spat it out.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

With two runners on the base, Ramirez tried to throw out a runner stealing second, but the ball slipped away from Bragg and trickled into the outfield grass.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

I understood now why our moms had tried so hard to grow a friendship between Sela and me—to give us what they’d never had.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith