unsuccessfully
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After rising through the backbenches, he unsuccessfully ran for Conservative party leader in 2024, losing out to Badenoch.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
“You’re going to hear how Meta tried to hook kids under 13, the youngest users,” she said, previewing internal documents that Meta had unsuccessfully fought to keep out of the blockbuster trial’s opening monologue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Teirab, a former Marine and a Harvard Law graduate who’d run unsuccessfully for Congress as a Republican, responded with a blunt reality check.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
The former Time Warner executive said he tried twice, unsuccessfully, to persuade his colleagues there to buy UFC.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Seven’s cheeks were hot as Alaric tried, unsuccessfully, to hold back an amused smirk.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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