tried

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People using GLP-1 drugs for weight loss have tried to find ways to get more protein in their diets while they eat less.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 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

So we really deliberately and really defiantly tried to embrace the identity crisis of the character in how we told the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

On Tuesday’s edition of “The Five,” co-host Jesse Watters tried to downplay the boos.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Or could be, if a girl tried hard enough to make it so.

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