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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
reattempt .
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Examples
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I deleted all the old posts that had imported the first time, and then reattempted.
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"If you were in my place, mamma," reattempted Hesper, but her mother did not allow her to proceed.
Mary Marston George MacDonald 1864
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On the 21st of August last, all three -- Lanphier, Douglas, and Harris -- reattempted it upon me at Ottawa.
Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings Abraham Lincoln 1837
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On the 21st of August last, all three -- Lanphier, Douglas, and Harris -- reattempted it upon me at Ottawa.
The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 4 The Lincoln-Douglas debates Abraham Lincoln 1837
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After taking several more days off, Haynesworth, in fear of being placed on the physically unable to perform list, reattempted and passed the test Aug. 7.
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Yes, I did fail AT selection but never reattempted as I was happy where I was.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Yes, I did fail AT selection but never reattempted as I was happy where I was.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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My own involved chastising an adolescent patient who reattempted suicide after promising not to.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Also laying downe his determination in the Spring following, for disposing of his voyage then to be reattempted: he assigned the Captaine and Master of the Golden Hind, vnto the South discouery, and reserued vnto himselfe the North, affirming that this voyage had wonne his heart from the South, and that he was now become a Northerne man altogether.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation, Vol. XII., America, Part I. Richard Hakluyt 1584
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I reattempted to updated the system and after clicking apply, the package manager acted as if the packages were already downloaded and attempted to install them.
PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009
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