unsuccessfully
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With Platner's exit, a group of more traditional candidates are already expressing interest in stepping in – including a handful who unsuccessfully ran for governor and one of the state's open House seats last month.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Belgium is, unsurprisingly, apoplectic; it unsuccessfully appealed FIFA’s decision.
From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026
Having unsuccessfully run for president three times, she won with 50.135 percent of the vote over leftist rival Roberto Sanchez's 49.865 percent on her fourth try.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
BP even tried — unsuccessfully — to revise a version of it.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Trying unsuccessfully to pat down his messy hair, he says, “I’m still working on that part. But I will make the world a better place. Somehow or other.”
From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
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