Attempt
Meanings and phrases
n.
- earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try
- the act of attacking; attack
v.
- make an effort or attempt; try; seek; essay; assay
- enter upon an activity or enterprise; undertake; set about
n.
- an attempt to take control of a corporation
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- The poem is Ovid's first attempt at didactic elegy.
- This was Peru's first attempt to venture into space.
- The club reached the quarter-finals on its first attempt.
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- Hitler survived an assassination attempt on 20 July.
- He survived an assassination attempt in 2000.
- During this time, Trelawny survived an assassination attempt.
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- The failed attempt was broadcast on national TV.
- Walker, following a failed attempt to sell nuclear weapons.
- In 1884 Mozhaysky's monoplane made a failed attempt to fly.
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- Nine days later, a second attempt also failed.
- This was the second attempt to revive the Sockers name.
- A second attempt also saw the line parting.
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- He made an unsuccessful attempt to regain his seat in 2014.
- Carl made an unsuccessful attempt at a comeback after her death.
- Alavés made an unsuccessful attempt to purchase Olaranbe in 2017.
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- No attempt was made to introduce it into England.
- During the siege, no attempt was made to assault.
- The next day, an attempt was made to land in North Bay.
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- I didn't attempt to make myself into that character.
- It was an attempt to make a new version of the aging 2600.
- It's an attempt to make the basic building blocks of music clear".
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- The Chinese did not attempt to take the offensive again.
- The Orioles did not attempt to re-sign him.
- However, when it happened, he did not attempt to undermine it.
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- They wonder why they are tied up and attempt to get loose.
- He requests that Vincente attempt to get her to leave town.
- (After Elijah, Jesus and St. George attempt to get help and eventually succeed).
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- Henry made no attempt to engage in combat himself.
- During the siege, no attempt was made to assault.
- The Mobutu regime made no attempt to enforce compulsory service.
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- In 1965 there was a coup attempt by the 30 September Movement.
- Six days later he was killed in a coup attempt by Fan Yaonan during a banquet.
- Dollfuss was assassinated as part of a failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934.
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- Later that night, another attempt is made on Drummond's life.
- Another one of my witnesses, there was another attempt on her life.
- On another attempt, the hawser became detached from the rescue tugs.
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- The Owls then blocked a UCF field goal attempt.
- He also blocked a field goal attempt in the Super Bowl.
- Vanderbilt's field goal attempt, sailed to the left of the uprights.
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- Avellone decided to attempt to create a sympathetic Sith Lord.
- The attempt to create a wartime drama resulted in the film "Marching On!"
- Deadpool was being experimented on in an attempt to create a cure for the Legacy Virus.
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- The Owls then blocked a UCF field goal attempt.
- He also blocked a field goal attempt in the Super Bowl.
- Vanderbilt's field goal attempt, sailed to the left of the uprights.
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- The Chinese did not attempt to take the offensive again.
- 's attempt to take over his home town Erie, Pennsylvania.
- John Scott was later court-marshalled after a botched attempt to take St. Kitts.
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- The two make contact and attempt to find an escape.
- Finn and Jake then attempt to find new homes.
- Some hypotheses and tests which attempt to find the process are listed below.
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- Baudelaire made a suicide attempt during this period.
- He then shot himself in the head in a suicide attempt.
- The suicide attempt failed and the film was never made.
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- Felicia is taken away by Delray in an attempt to save her career.
- In an attempt to save his mother, Jimmy tearfully confesses to David's murder.
- The herdsman is liable for cattle if he does not attempt to save them or if he neglects them.
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- He makes a feeble attempt to stop her then relents.
- The Unity Squad attempt to stop Ultron with the help of the Vision.
- Although the other slaves attempt to stop him, Mede does as he is ordered.
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- The Big Red will attempt to win their first NCAA tournament.
- Is employing this style an outright attempt to win back fans?
- This set up Lincoln for a 45-yard field goal attempt to win the game.
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- Players attempt to capture each other's pieces by hopping over them.
- During another attempt to capture Kafisha it is alleged he lost his eye.
- It was an attempt to capture the atmosphere of the group's live stage show.
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- In her attempt to escape, she crashes her car and dies.
- He was drowned in an attempt to escape.
- The mass suicide was an attempt to escape execution by the Nazis.
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- Sgt Smyth had survived a previous attempt to kill him.
- Decay then destroyed the Kapatelis home in her first attempt to kill Diana.
- Ten frigates are dispatched to attempt to kill the monster using depth charges.
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- A December 1093 attempt to break the siege failed.
- An attempt to break through the English lines failed.
- Lugosi did attempt to break type by auditioning for other roles.
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- The film follows the titular characters as they attempt to prevent Mr.
- Knutson in the 1940s, was being used in attempt to prevent and arrest occlusal caries.
- It was HKEAA's attempt to prevent candidates from memorising the suggested reading materials.
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- Samaai solidified his position on his third attempt with an 8.05m.
- He conquered the town on his third attempt, after entering it by trickery.
- A third attempt in qualifying for the Indy 500, in 1984 also resulted in a DNQ.
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- Felix started paying visits to Rasputin in an attempt to gain his trust.
- This album introduced vocals for the first time as a further attempt to gain more airtime.
- If a pair cannot hit downwards, they will use flat strokes in an attempt to gain the attack.
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- The Chinese did not attempt to take the offensive again.
- The Orioles did not attempt to re-sign him.
- However, when it happened, he did not attempt to undermine it.
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- An attempt to bring EasyTAG to OS X is ongoing.
- In an attempt to bring the MD of Foothills No.
- The limited format was introduced in an attempt to bring more balance to the environment.
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- You made an attempt to avoid responsibility for the act.
- Patriotic sentiment throughout Nova Scotia made an attempt at seizure seem plausible.
- "Mercury" then made an attempt to recapture the 18-gun bomb vessel at Ancona on 25 May 1801.
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- The suicide attempt failed and the film was never made.
- The attempt failed although it was a Confederate victory.
- In spite of his huge power in the city his attempt failed.
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- The final attempt failed and the town was abandoned for good in 1971.
- In a final attempt to escape, Joker and Frost flee to a nearby bridge.
- In a final attempt, the King of Siam challenges Preah Keo to a bull fight.
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- A last attempt to revitalize the town was made in 1960.
- This was Siringo's last attempt at marriage.
- The last attempt at this was in 1525, by Jacob Ben-Hayim.
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- For safety reasons, there are no plans to attempt to reach any higher speeds.
- He then leads the survivors into the sewers in an attempt to reach the big city.
- They then embarked on a cross-country trek across the island in an attempt to reach Padang.
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- After a brief attempt to establish a kingdom, the country became a republic.
- Franco also used language politics in an attempt to establish national homogeneity.
- So this, in effect, was Le Gros' attempt to establish himself as the artistic leader of the Eternal City.
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- This group of skyscrapers was an attempt to keep businesses in downtown.
- Jo cannot contact the police as she was committing a crime in her attempt to keep her child.
- In an attempt to keep the role, Lautner weight-trained extensively and gained approximately 30 pounds.
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- "", he started a mass escape attempt.
- In 2012, the 50th anniversary of the escape attempt, Michael Dyke, the Deputy U.S.
- His escape attempt led to the installation of a pulse rate meter in the lock area.
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- In a desperate attempt to stem the tide, he promised to get tickets for Super Bowl XLV.
- Many German civilians realized that this was a desperate attempt to turn the course of the war.
- She even steals her mother's prescription pain medication in a desperate attempt to self-medicate.
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- In 1885 she travelled to Italy in an attempt to improve her failing health.
- Ravitch's main job as Lieutenant Governor was to attempt to improve the state budgeting process.
- In July, HSM in an attempt to improve performance hired Mike Hillman Jr. as the 46's crew chief.
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- You made an attempt to avoid responsibility for the act.
- It turns out that von Sturm had lied in an attempt to avoid losing his best agent.
- Unusually it keeps to the summit rather than a depression, in an attempt to avoid wet ground.
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- The devaluation of 1994 was an attempt to reduce these imbalances.
- An introduction to Jamaica was made in 1844 in an attempt to reduce the rat population.
- Video compression algorithms attempt to reduce redundancy and store information more compactly.
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- It was the first successful attempt to study an entire watershed as an ecosystem.
- Libration felt it was a successful attempt at marrying two incompatible elements: comics and multimedia.
- The Explorers Program was the United States's first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite.
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- Quark relays this information to Kira and Rom, who attempt to destroy the beam.
- Countries around the world begin deploying missiles in an attempt to destroy the comet.
- Surfacing, the Justice League, Batgirl, Robin and Mera attempt to destroy the S.L.U.R.P.
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- Henry made no attempt to engage in combat himself.
- The Mobutu regime made no attempt to enforce compulsory service.
- He apparently made no attempt to eject, and was killed instantly.
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- When Doris refused to have an abortion, he beat her in an attempt to force a miscarriage.
- However, there is commotion outside, as the thugs attempt to force PreCrime out of the slums.
- The barn was set on fire in an attempt to force him out into the open, but Booth remained inside.
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- This plan was again an attempt to use Jefferson's original.
- The attempt to use the endonym thus has a bizarre-sounding result.
- Those passports have been cancelled and it would be futile to attempt to use them."
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- He opposed the assassination attempt against Hitler on July 20, 1944.
- Diawara then led an unsuccessful left-wing coup attempt against Ngouabi on 22 February 1972.
- In August 2009, the group made an assassination attempt against a member of the Saudi royal family.
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- Mothra enters Tokyo in an attempt to rescue the Cosmos, but is attacked by the JSDF.
- One night, some guerrilla warriors break into Rajasena's palace in an attempt to rescue Tien.
- "YMS-103", in an attempt to rescue survivors, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and stem.
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- He chose not to make an attempt to regain the seat.
- He made an unsuccessful attempt to regain his seat in 2014.
- Both armies made a last attempt to regain control of West Virginia and failed.
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- During a rescue attempt, another 31st Brigade unit was ambushed.
- The pilot and a soldier were shot death during the rescue attempt.
- (50) worked its way alongside the stranded "Augusta" in a rescue attempt.
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- Myths attempt to explain the unknown and sometimes teach a lesson.
- There are several theories that attempt to explain why food deserts form.
- An attempt to explain weight by breed is likely to produce a very good fit.
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- Many derivatives have been examined in an attempt to increase the selectivity.
- The attempt to increase muscle mass in one's body without any gain in fat is called clean bulking.
- It uses a very gentle and nurturing approach in an attempt to increase body awareness and sensitivity.
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- This was the second attempt to revive the Sockers name.
- An attempt to revive the former importance of the monastery was made in the 1850s.
- Palawa kani is an attempt to revive various Tasmanian dialects in a single combined form.
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- He traveled to London in 1858 to attempt to secure imperial backing for this project.
- The change is an attempt to secure better ratings and results in forthcoming contests.
- The O'Donnell's of Tyrconnell regularly invaded in an attempt to secure their right to rule.
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- In 1919, in an attempt to restore the monarchy, Lamego became the capital of the district for 24 days.
- In spring 521, the general Xi Kangsheng (奚康生) made an attempt to restore Empress Dowager Hu, but failed.
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- This was an early attempt to open the southern region to mass tourism.
- He wrote it after setting aside an early attempt to compose a symphony.
- This was Galen's early attempt at what would later be called psychotherapy.
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- The following tables attempt to provide a complete list of mobile network operators.
- The Java memory model was the first attempt to provide a comprehensive memory model for a popular programming language.
- Various competing models of hierarchies of effects attempt to provide a theoretical underpinning to advertising practice.
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- In 1837, Charles Babbage was inspired by Jacquard's loom to attempt to build the Analytical Engine.
- CP/CMS formed part of IBM's attempt to build robust time-sharing systems for its mainframe computers.
- It was dismissed by the press as an attempt to build a perpetual motion machine, and a publicity stunt.
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- Elsewhere, the Justice League attempt to return to Earth.
- Dickey opposed Ross in 2002 in an attempt to return to his seat, but he was defeated, 60-40 percent.
- Thomson proceeded to lay off 80% of the workforce in an attempt to return the company to profitability.
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- These attempt to control rising damp through the phenomenon of electro osmosis.
- Sex selection Sex selection is the attempt to control the sex of the offspring to achieve a desired sex.
- At first the local police made no attempt to control the mob as they said that they were outnumbered by the rioters.
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- Some education-entertainment is a serious attempt to combine the best features of the two.
- It has been said that this was Tchaikovsky's first serious attempt to conquer his homosexuality.
- This was their second serious attempt at promotion, the first ending in a loss on penalties to Municipal de Colón.
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- The soldiers see his staff and attempt to seize it.
- This is not Pashinsky’s first attempt to seize the factory."
- He is successful in killing the Earl of Alban in a trial by combat, foiling Alban's attempt to seize the English crown.
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- He also suggested this was a deliberate attempt to slow their accession process.
- In 1989, there was a deliberate attempt to increase the lighter, more comic aspects of life in Albert Square.
- Paul said that she wrote the novel in two weeks, in a deliberate attempt to see how fast a novel could be written.
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- Flued boilers were developed in an attempt to raise steam pressures and improve engine efficiency.
- The first attempt to raise the Royalist standard in Scotland, however, gave no omen of its later triumphs.
- At least one attempt to raise the ship was made afterwards, which failed, and the ship was salvaged where she lay.
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- On 13 March 1943 Brandt was an unwitting participant in an attempt to assassinate Hitler.
- Following the attempt to assassinate Lord Hardinge, Rash Behari was forced to go into hiding.
- Mr. Clarke's reaction was that "it was just a thinly disguised attempt to assassinate bin Laden."
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- The Fourth Amendment as the Framers' attempt to protect each citizen's spiritual and intellectual integrity.
- He's essentially good-hearted, and takes a beating towards the end of the series in an attempt to protect Pat.
- In "Turn Coat", Toot attacked a very large and powerful entity (the Skinwalker) in an attempt to protect Harry.
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- An attempt to remove the section of line here was made, but not completed.
- However, X and two associates later attempt to remove Banton from the hospital by cutting the power.
- The hosts will attempt to remove as many parasitoids as possible to prevent them from spreading to nearby nests.
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- They escaped from the cabin and ran to the crash site in an attempt to help the passengers.
- Dresner organises a robbery in an attempt to help Terry, but the plan immediately goes wrong.
- He did not call for medical aid or attempt to help the victims but stole Asher's handgun from his body.
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- Centurious fully resurrected Deathwatch to help in an attempt to steal Ghost Rider's chain.
- Gilliam almost scored again in the eighth off Hal Reniff, but was caught in an attempt to steal third.
- Marta partners with the duo and they attempt to steal the Southfork Ranch from Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy).
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- In an attempt to convince her, Paul kidnaps Leanne and locks her in his car boot.
- There, Hunter and Sebastian Smythe (Grant Gustin) attempt to convince Blaine to return to the Warblers.
- The author states that Ms. Bell then used her skill to attempt to convince Joshua Gardner to marry her.
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- A two-point conversion attempt failed and the lead was five points.
- The two-point conversion attempt failed, leaving the score 15–10 in favor of LSU.
- The Hawkeyes, however, made a controversial two-point conversion attempt, which they failed.
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- Sarah is subsequently assigned by Graham to attempt to recover the Intersect.
- This pilot was executed by burning in January 2015 and was later used to attempt to recover jailed terrorists.
- Re-attach this drive to a secondary computer with a write blocker device and then attempt to recover lost data.
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- He was a driving force behind his daughter Maura Hennigan's unsuccessful 2005 attempt to become mayor of Boston.
- An attempt to become world champion at this division ended in a knockout loss to Steve Robinson on 1 October 1994.
- He later lives with Hondo, and in "Invisible", Hondo reveals that he will attempt to become Darryl's legal guardian.
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- The tables do not attempt to give a complete list of Gnutella clients.
- In Zbaszyn a large refugee camp was established as an attempt to give shelter to those deported.
- The authors dismiss the Old English "elk-sedge" as a late attempt to give the then-obsolete rune a value of Latin "x".
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- Hawke's first attempt to enter Parliament came during the 1963 federal election.
- Factor thought the series attempt to enter the 3D market was an "utter failure".
- The Arabs had to return and the Caliph had decided to stop further attempt to enter India.
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- He instructs his self in an attempt to change his life.
- Kel protests the unfairness of the law to the monarchs and gets them to attempt to change it.
- After Regent Horthy’s failed attempt to change side in the war he was searched for by the Gestapo.
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- The Shining Path employed guerrilla tactics and violent acts of terrorism in an attempt to overthrow the military governments.
- After Lü's death, an official named Zeng Jing was inspired by his anti-Qing writing to attempt to overthrow the Yongzheng Emperor.
- Additional charges were brought against Venckiene, including an attempt to overthrow the government, spying, and a threat to the state.
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- From conception to execution, the record attempt took six months.
- Campbell commenced the first run of his last record attempt at just after 8.45 am.
- The successful record attempt was televised on the UK children's TV show "Blue Peter".
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- It was Scott's first pass attempt and completion.
- He completed 3 of his 4 passes, including a 15-yard pass on his second pass attempt.
- Facing a 3rd & Goal at the 1, Holton Ahlers' jump pass attempt resulted in a fumble.
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- "Prince Henry" came alongside the ship in an attempt to put the fire out, however the attempt was unsuccessful.
- The Apaches then slit the throats of their horses in an attempt to put out the fire after they ran out of water.
- In 1953, the Belgian company, Minerva, bought an F.11 in an attempt to put it into production, but even this project failed.
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- The story then describes the detective's attempt to solve the mystery.
- His initial interest lay in an attempt to solve Hilbert's fifth problem.
- The Regi Lagni were built to attempt to solve the problem and were named after the river.
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- Theories beyond the Standard Model attempt to resolve these shortcomings.
- was devised by Bobby Goldman as an attempt to resolve the situation when the Blackwood-asker has a void.
- In an attempt to resolve the impasse, the federal government proposed a plan to build three new airports instead of one.
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- On 22 June 1941, in an attempt to obtain new territory, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union.
- The attempt to obtain confirmation on this point elicited the following memorable clarification from Morain: "I'm not French.
- In an attempt to obtain them, Newton tried to make his brother, William Brattle, a member of the Society, however William declined.
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- In 1972, Hardy engaged in an abortive attempt to form the first national policeman's union.
- After the three met, they agreed this would be an attempt to form a band with the goal of seeking national recognition.
- He sends his mind into the Green to attempt to form another body, and with Abby's help and weeks of effort, the Swamp Thing reforms most of his new body.
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- Pakistan made their first attempt to qualify for the World Cup in 1989.
- Mora took part in Costa Rica's attempt to qualify for the Olympics in 2016.
- The team will attempt to qualify for the NCAA Frozen Four for the second time.
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- CoDel was developed as an attempt to address the problem of bufferbloat.
- In an attempt to address these issues, new regulations were introduced at the end of 1916.
- Improved versions of the AIM-7 were developed in the 1970s in an attempt to address the weapon's limitations.
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- Likewise all computer-controlled creatures always attempt to move each turn.
- If possible, observers should attempt to move away, but hearing protection is often still necessary.
- Before taking an action with their army, a player may choose to attempt to move the terrain face up or down.
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- In 1861 Fyodor Burdin made an unsuccessful attempt to persuade censors to lift the ban.
- In an attempt to persuade him, Peter challenges Mickey to a drinking contest, which Peter wins.
- The attempt to persuade "Anton Bruckner" to become director of the Music School in 1863 was unsuccessful.
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- Cox, in a similar attempt to understand the neighbourhood effect, attempted to define how people interact.
- The same concept of contiguous range is true for human transportation studies in an attempt to understand census geography.
- Some analysis of treated surfaces done in an attempt to understand the topic further, with considerable but still partial success.
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- NewSQL systems attempt to reconcile the conflicts.
- Whether this was a genuine attempt to reconcile with hostile factions in the Senate cannot be ascertained.
- Commentaries on the śāstras indicate an attempt to reconcile the text law with the actual usages of the people.
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- After an abortive attempt to break out, Blake surrendered after a two-month siege.
- In 1972, Hardy engaged in an abortive attempt to form the first national policeman's union.
- In 1998 he launched an abortive attempt to storm the government buildings in the Dagestani capital, Makhachkala.
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- It was Khrushchev's attempt to achieve a balance of power.
- If he is successful enough, he may even apply extra pressure in the later rounds in an attempt to achieve a knockout.
- A British encyclopedia of 1900 claimed that it was "popularly regarded as an attempt to achieve holy ends by unholy means."
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- His next attempt to escape is his final one, as he ends up back in a prison cell.
- Haag's next attempt went a little better, as Roethke made it halfway through the poem.
- For his next attempt, he made a seesaw, and puts a ball on it, but that kind of failed too.
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- No attempt is made to split populations.
- Later that night, another attempt is made on Drummond's life.
- Later, when Bond goes on holiday in Italy, another attempt is made on his life.
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- Micurà de Rü undertook the first attempt to develop a written form of the Ladin language.
- Following the August 1918 flu pandemic, in an attempt to develop a vaccine, 62 volunteers were selected from 300 prisoners.
- The following year (1951) the CDA encouraged the ten DRA's to meet in an attempt to develop a satisfactory plan for a National Examining Board.
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- The next day the militia were about to attempt to cross the coulée.
- Constantine sent a small force north of the town in an attempt to cross the river unnoticed.
- The enemy made frequent assaults in an attempt to cross the ditch, all of which were repulsed.
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- Any further attempt risked serious and permanent injury.
- In mid 1949, the couple began to ready "Half-Safe" for a further attempt at the crossing.
- This album introduced vocals for the first time as a further attempt to gain more airtime.
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- Avellone decided to attempt to create a sympathetic Sith Lord.
- Hubbs thought he could beat the storm and decided to attempt the return flight.
- At that point, Serephina decided to attempt to control Anita, reasoning that a necromancer's blood might grant her more power.
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- The herdsman is liable for cattle if he does not attempt to save them or if he neglects them.
- As befits a birthday gift, it does not attempt to point out morals nor to invite deep reflection.
- Their model does not attempt to explain what caused Mars's rotation axis to move relative to the crust.