unsuccessful
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Roberts’ appetite for more programming led to a hostile bid for most of 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets in 2018, kicking off an unsuccessful bidding war with Disney.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
Hurowitz made an unsuccessful bid for Simon & Schuster when Paramount put the publisher on the sale block in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
After years of trying, and multiple rounds of IVF, the couple's fertility treatment was ultimately unsuccessful.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Charlotte Kite, 45, from Denbigh, has been doing dark night photography for just over a year and has tried on at least five occasions to secure a shot of bioluminescence, but was unsuccessful.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
IVF proved lengthy, meticulous, frustrating, and ultimately unsuccessful.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
