tried

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In her 2016 bid, Fujimori tried to distance herself from her movement’s authoritarian past, cultivating a more moderate image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Erika, who’d joined him onstage, tried to reassure the over-30 set that there was hope for them—as there had been for her, since she married Charlie at age 32.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The LA Alliance recently tried unsuccessfully last year to persuade a judge to put the city’s homelessness system into receivership, arguing that it has been failing the city’s most vulnerable population.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

He buzzed about the streets of Clydebank while his brothers tried to make their way in the game.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

In all of that, he hadn’t tried just sharing what he liked.

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