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As for concerns the Giants (11-6) left too much of themselves on the field in futilely trying to stop New England's perfect season on Dec. 29, well, forget it.

USATODAY.com 2007

I was transfixed, even as I ran, even as I called futilely after her.

bard Diary Entry bard 2001

He then futilely explains it for five pages to prove the point, winding up with a lurch into a gloss on Ecclesiastes 9:5, "but the dead know nothing," which somehow brings up a tale from what turns out to be the Babylonian Talmud—check the footnote, which has its own digression into Hrapp, a character in one of those Icelandic horror stories.

Raging Against Aging Henry Allen 2011

Instead of struggling futilely and perilously against this lack of sustension, he yielded to it.

Winged Blackmail 2010

Were they not aware of the TRILLIONS plus taxpayer dollars being futilely squandered in Iraq and Afghanistan?

Think Progress » Right-Wing Media Network Launching This Summer To ‘Impact The Political And Cultural Discussions In America’ 2010

Would he be clinging so futilely to life in dotage, or would he have the courage to go to the hemlock?

What Is Life? vic fortezza 2011

When one of the most level-headed and relevant politicans in the GOP has to pander like this, and futilely beg to be accepted as a Christian, you have to feel good about being a Democrat.

Matthew Yglesias » What Might Have Been 2009

She loved him, but not blindly—futilely, probably, but not blindly.

Western Man Janet Dailey 2011

Senate Democrats will likely busy themselves trying, futilely, to get Republican support by adding tax cuts and reducing spending in the stimulus bill.

Matthew Yglesias » Keep the Cars Running 2009

Battered by the fifth Borg cube, its shields failing, its weapons firing futilely, James T. Kirk executed a suicidal dash toward the enemy vessel.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011