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- verb Present participle of
attempt .
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Examples
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The carpenter was engaged constantly in attempting to locate such places, and, when he succeeded, in calking them tighter and tighter.
THE SEED OF McCOY 2010
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I'm not usually one for shortcuts, but this custard is so good and so easy that I don't see the point in attempting to make real pastry cream.
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I thought of many things to say in attempting to set you progressives straight on this.
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We will supportTiger no matter what the media and other special interests try to do, in attempting to bring him down.
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Today, through the United Methodist Committee on Relief, Gulley is again attempting to teach Haitians sustainable agriculture practices.
Haitian earthquake survivor reunites with Fairfax County rescuers Gregg MacDonald 2010
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We applaud those who championed the issue and for the response by both PCGS and NGC for addressing these concerns and taking positive action in attempting to correct past mistakes and reinstall confidence in the grading standards necessary for the industry to grow and prosper in the long term.
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What makes it funnier is that in attempting to think up something, like, really cool as a new name, they manage to maintain the original uncoolness of the tragically, chronically uncool original by having it sound exactly the same.
Hey, Janet! Have You Got Syfy? Hal Duncan 2009
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What makes it funnier is that in attempting to think up something, like, really cool as a new name, they manage to maintain the original uncoolness of the tragically, chronically uncool original by having it sound exactly the same.
Archive 2009-03-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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He was particularly noted for his diligence in attempting to provide proper burials for fallen Israelites who had been slain by Sennacherib.
1-line descriptions of the 73 books of the Bible (extracted from Wikipedia) Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Given who held her, and the danger she was in, we judged that Linda's best chance lay in attempting to rescue her.
Kidnapped British aid worker in Afghanistan killed in NATO rescue attempt Joshua Partlow 2010
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