Tried
Meanings and phrases
tried
- tested and proved useful or correct; tested; well-tried
- tested and proved to be reliable; tested; time-tested; tried and true
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- which tried to get her fired from wherever she worked.
- They also tried to get a reserve of their own.
- The ASEA team tried to get her to delete her criticisms.
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- Joey Logano tried to make it three-wide in turn one.
- He tried to make love with Igna, but the latter refused.
- At first, the researchers tried to make a fluorinated derivative.
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- Feller then tried to pick off Masi at second base.
- He then tried to hand the tooth to coach Randy Bennett.
- Sasuke then tried to dive off the ropes but slipped down.
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- The Ottomans had tried to take over Mani in 1770.
- bondik tried to take down Twistzz, but he fell.
- In 1817, tried to take the plaza of Guanajuato.
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- The doctor states that someone tried to kill him.
- He often tried to kill heroes and even holy men.
- Rival gangs tried to kill him there a number of times.
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- Chaerea tried to persuade the military to support the Senate.
- He unsuccessfully tried to persuade Tehal and the Jatha to return.
- He unsuccessfully tried to persuade Claire to write a biography of him.
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- Those who tried to escape were caught and killed.
- In July 1913, she tried to escape jail but was caught.
- In March 1868, 238 prisoners tried to escape.
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- I tried to convince them we weren't Jewish."
- Baley has tried to convince both robots to change their stories.
- He tried to convince Wolverine to kill him, but Wolverine refused.
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- Trump tried unsuccessfully to regain his residency.
- Fresnel tried unsuccessfully to recover the manuscript.
- McEnroe tried unsuccessfully to persuade Borg to continue.
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- In 2001, 2003 and 2005 he unsuccessfully tried to climb the K2.
- Conrad unsuccessfully tried to sue to recover the lands in 1258.
- He unsuccessfully tried to persuade Tehal and the Jatha to return.
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- There another Indian agent tried to stop them.
- He tried to stop her but in vain.
- They tried to stop the cult by themselves but was trapped by the leader.
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- However, when he tried to do so, Eska engaged herself to him.
- I thought he had a couple runs when he tried to bounce it outside.
- the policeman/detective was blinded when he tried to open the refrigerator.
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- Many tried to find ways to escape the obligation.
- Portuguese navigators tried to find a sea way to Asia.
- According to Clinton, he tried to find the guitarist without success.
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- He then tried to keep the county and annex it to his Archbishopric.
- I tried to keep silent.
- Báthory did not like Petki, so that he tried to keep him away from Gyulafehérvár.
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- He tried again, but each time with the same results.
- When Linda tried again, Aimee stung her again.
- Tipton was tried again in 2017 and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
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- Pardo then tried to use Aman's tailhook to push the plane.
- They fought until Orton tried to use a steel chair, and Triple H fled.
- Director of photography Peter Deming tried to use realistic lighting in the film.
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- Beier tried to prevent it.
- Colonists tried to prevent the spread of smallpox by isolation and inoculation.
- In recent years the Académie has tried to prevent the Anglicisation of the French language.
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- His accomplices were also tried and convicted.
- Papon was tried and convicted for crimes against humanity in 1998.
- Francis was tried and convicted for murder, and sentenced to death.
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- Alfred also tried his hand at naval design.
- Cenizal also tried his hand at directing.
- He tried his hand as a lawyer in Sonora.
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- In several cases Jews tried to help support the Sasanian advance.
- As 10 students followed him, Mr. Shen tried to help them finish their study.
- He was a traitor to the Winter Court and tried to help Lady Aurora kill Lily.
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- The legend goes that they first tried to poison his drink.
- Torben Oxe was first tried and acquitted by the State Council.
- Clarke first tried archery as a member of the Girl Guides in 1998.
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- I was the first one who tried to sell the story.
- One seller has reportedly tried to sell them at $6,660.
- Although he tried to sell the castle in 1899, no buyer could be found.
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- He tried to avoid these two generals and surpassed their troops.
- Both ships tried to avoid a collision, but it was already too late.
- He tried to avoid the assault by slamming his car against the bandits.
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- As soon as she did, she tried to break it off with Kevin.
- Solow tried to break their contract and buy the place himself.
- She tried to break out of the exploitation field, but struggled.
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- The government tried reviving the project in 2014, but to no avail.
- On 13 April 2011, the government tried its first case under the antislavery law.
- In 1864 the Confederate government tried to use Canada as a base to attack American border towns.
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- The English, led by Stamford Raffles, then tried to establish an intervention in Sambas but failed.
- In other ports, they tried to establish permanent warehouses or sell their goods in open-air markets.
- During World War II, he cooperated with the Nazis and tried to establish a Ukrainian section in the Wehrmacht.
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- Jardine twice tried to force the issue.
- Their actions tried to force administration to deal with the issue.
- General Concha followed and tried to force them to face him in Azcapotzalco.
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- The couple later tried to reconcile but without success.
- Industrial ergonomics later tried to minimize physical trauma.
- Toombs was later tried for assault.
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- In 2010, Chiam tried to bring the Reform Party into the SDA.
- He tried to bring important new works native and strange artists on the stage.
- They tried to bring him to his monastery many times but people would not see him.
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- They tried to create a light two-engine bomber.
- Many of the healers tried to create cures for these diseases.
- The social engineers of apartheid tried to create a suburb for the white working class.
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- Means was indicted for perjury and tried before a jury.
- It was something that hadn't been tried before or proved."
- Most cases are tried before District Courts (Bezirksgerichte, abbrev.
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- John Law's successor, the new Tarantula, tried to save him, but arrived too late.
- Thomas tried to save Victor, but accidentally struck him in the face with a hatchet.
- At the 2000 Camp David Summit, the US tried to save the Accords by reviving the negotiations.
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- He never tried to appeal to popular opinion in cases.
- Graziani was never tried for his war crimes in Africa.
- Konstantin never tried to secure the throne.
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- Ventura tried to flee but was shot down.
- Etxebarrieta was chased down and killed as he tried to flee.
- The villagers tried to flee or hide.
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- Jackson tried in vain to rally his troops.
- Many tried in vain to prove the fifth postulate from the first four.
- Chief "Beardy" tried in vain to stop the massacre, but did not succeed.
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- It was during this period that Babbage tried to enter politics.
- Conflict between the protesters and the police started when the former tried to enter the US Consulate.
- Robey often gambled at nearby Louisiana Downs, carried a gun, and once tried to enter a racehorse in the Kentucky Derby.
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- Wiles tried and failed for over a year to repair his proof.
- The Soviet Union tried and failed in an attempt to make the Hui hostile to China.
- Talisman of Alpha Flight tried and failed to teleport her back to their headquarters.
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- He was arrested and tried but later freed.
- In 2005, Makky was arrested and tried.
- King was arrested and tried for Keys' murder but acquitted in 2000.
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- In 1643 La Tour tried to capture Port-Royal again.
- The British never again tried to capture Santa Cruz.
- Several times during the night the Arabs tried to capture the hill.
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- Petty was declared the winner, but in Victory Lane, a fan tried to attack him.
- ", The Undertaker tried to attack Lesnar, but was stopped by Lesnar's security.
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- AIM tried to put out the flames, but a bucket brigade was inadequate.
- "But, I tried to put my own little spin on it and made it really upbeat.
- I just tried to put everything I could into it, and I'm real proud of it.
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- Officials initially tried to cover up the incident, saying they had thwarted an assassination attempt.
- Lim initially tried to pass the stains off as candle wax, but when challenged claimed they were chicken blood.
- He landed with most of his weight on his left leg, saying that he felt pain but initially tried to play through it.
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- He tried to gain it back, but ultimately conceded.
- 1620-1642 French tried to gain foothold in Surat.
- President Gorbachev tried to gain popular support for the proposal.
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- He even tried driving a car along the dirt road beside the ranch.
- The agents even tried to turn both victory and defeat into sales opportunities.
- Jim—who hasn't even tried to practice driving yet—steals Yard's pickup truck one evening.
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- The British never again tried to capture Santa Cruz.
- The duke responded that he would, but again tried to buy more time.
- They again tried for a field goal, but Nick Novak missed the 51-yard attempt.
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- Moments later the father was also shot as he tried to run from the car.
- The Mother and family was afraid and tried to run but was killed by a cobra.
- At some times, he tried to run a "physiocratic mine" with a few workers, but soon failed.
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- They tried to reach the summit of the island but found the cliffs impassable.
- He tried to reach Kandahar air base, taking the aircraft down from in 90 seconds.
- The consortia tried to reach a read & publish agreement as full transition to Open Access.
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- Arago tried to explain his observations in "corpuscular" terms.
- News organizations tried to explain why Phillips repeatedly avoided capture.
- Eliot, tried to explain the new movements in art and culture by using essays.
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- He really listened and tried to give the best answer he knew how to give.
- Lawrence, too, tried to give the order to board, but the British were faster.
- They both tried to give special emphasis to the rights of peasants and workers.
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- The Dutch tried to maintain the secret, but the new process soon became widely known in Europe.
- Immediately after the loss, the Sandinistas tried to maintain unity around their revolutionary posture.
- While China tried to maintain her suzerain relationship with Korea, Japan wanted to increase her sphere of influence.
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- Bilyk twice tried to return to his native city, but failed.
- Sasuke tried to return to the ring but Liger knocked him down on the apron with a kick.
- In 2004, INDOT tried to return SR 933 to the local communities but they did not accept.
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- He was betrayed, tried and sentenced to death.
- The terrorists were taken into Italian custody, tried and sentenced.
- Frenche and his accomplice, James Wicht, were tried and sentenced to beheading.
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- However, Amber tried to pass off her cousin's baby as Rick's.
- He tried to pass it by closing onto it with the front of his SUV.
- Oshima tried to pass Jarvis but became aware his tyres were too cold.
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- By the afternoon, General Nelson arrived and tried to rally the troops.
- They tried to rally three times, but they were eventually surrounded on a narrow road.
- As Ponsonby tried to rally his men against the French cuirassers, he was attacked by Jaquinot's lancers and captured.
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- I think they tried to buy his silence."
- The duke responded that he would, but again tried to buy more time.
- The novel displeased his father so much that he tried to buy all existing copies of the book.
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- Back in Athens, the Spartans tried to negotiate a peace.
- In April 1992, resistance leaders in Peshawar tried to negotiate a settlement.
- He was wary of being drawn into gang wars and tried to negotiate agreements over territory between rival crime groups.
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- Mangano tried several times to get a new sentencing or hearing, but to no avail.
- Ahmad Shah tried several more times to subjugate the Sikhs permanently, but failed.
- Proctor tried several times to persuade the Indians to burn Frenchtown, but the Potawatomi refused to allow this.
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- They also tried to obtain a fee from him for leaving.
- Hendrik began building the chapel while Mechel tried to obtain the print.
- Khan tried to obtain a compromise with India regarding the Kashmir problem.
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- Conflicts arose when they tried to charge the Soviets for power, gas, or water.
- They had caused trouble in Xinjiang, but were defeated when they tried to attack Qitai.
- However, the rest of the troops were defeated when they tried to assault the San Cristóbal fortress from behind.
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- He always tried to seize the initiative in a game.
- I've always tried to go out and get it ... And today I did."
- Commanders have always tried to have the advantage of numbers.
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- He tried to win over the working classes who wanted to end the war and hoped for international revolution.
- The Dutch tried to win over the Ilocanos and Pangasinenses, promising complete independence and abolition of taxes.
- Derby and Nottingham, together with the duke of York, tried to win a reprieve for him, but he was executed on 5 May.
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- "More gendarmes turned up and our people tried to defend themselves.
- Williamson tried to defend the woman, and in doing so befriended her.
- Galesic tried to defend himself against the submission by raining punches on Sakuraba.
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- The four leaders and many of their followers were tried and executed.
- Those deemed guilty of the most serious "crimes" were speedily tried and executed.
- Following Magellan's example, Drake tried and executed his own "mutineer" Thomas Doughty.
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- Women who tried to protect their husbands were beaten.
- Quintus tried to protect his brother from Tiberius' displeasure.
- Peter the Great tried to protect the Russian economy in any way.
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- On the night before the event, he tried hard to attain enlightenment.
- The missionaries also tried hard to segregate the Christian initiates from the pagans.
- At the last stint, Siffert was very far away but Ickx nevertheless tried hard to gain time.
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- People who tried to leave ISIS territory were routinely tortured and executed.
- Rouson claimed that he tried to leave, but his way was blocked by two pit bulls.
- Several days after filming began, Widmark complained he had been miscast and tried to leave.
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- Yeon Namgeon tried to commit suicide, but was seized and treated.
- Perreira acts as if he tried to commit suicide to give his investment fraud a lively touch.
- On 12 March 2018 ORF reported, that the suspect had tried to commit suicide while in detention.
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- He tried to hide his real origins for the rest of his life.
- When I went to bars, which was frequently, I never tried to hide who I was.
- Women and children tried to hide themselves in cellars but were discovered by soldiers.
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- The ACLU tried to revive the case in 2011 with no success.
- Some people tried to revive Devrimci Yol.
- In 2012, he tried to revive the swimming race through Paris.
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- Wheatstone tried to block Bain's patents, but failed.
- As Stewart tried to block, he was turned sideways by Waltrip's car and spun into the pack.
- The countries with large and prosperous pastel industries tried to block the use of indigo.
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- When opponents tried to remove the sign, workers prevented them from doing so.
- The conservatives tried to remove Hall's endorsement for his seat, but failed.
- In 2003, in the midst of his tenure, he tried to remove the word "race" from the Constitution of France, unsuccessfully.
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- In 2015, a disgruntled former patient tried to set the front door on fire.
- They tried to set it on fire, but a slave named Bazile fought the fire and saved the house.
- After murdering Mr Oberholzer, the terrorists tried to set his body and car alight in front of the man's family.
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- They also tried to move west to cut the rail line to Kunming.
- Coaches had been parked south of the river, so many marchers tried to move south.
- 601st Commando tried to move forward to rescue 602nd Commando Company on Estancia Mountain.
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- Petty lives in a cabin which her friends tried to build it.
- Dijkstra tried to build a group of computer scientists who could collaborate on solving problems.
- He tried to build relationships with Andy and Daz but Andy made it clear that Jack was his father.
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- He tried to improve agriculture.
- Corbet tried to improve his income and wealth by a range of methods.
- The Nebraska offense tried to improve over their performance the previous week against Oklahoma.
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- In February 1975, Hargis tried to regain control of the college, but was rejected by its board.
- In 1939, Müller tried to regain his position in the German Evangelical Church but failed to do so.
- San Cristóbal, allied with San Juan Chamula, tried to regain the state's capital but the effort failed.
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- Wood tried to recruit non-conforming clergy to the island.
- Soon after Stanley returned from the Congo, Leopold tried to recruit him.
- It is rumoured that the KGB tried to recruit him, and he refused, leading him to be killed.
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- Filled with grief and guilt, Paul tried to come to terms with Anne's death.
- Sanader tried to come back into HDZ in 2010, but was then ejected, and USKOK soon had him arrested on several corruption charges.
- But with it include a letter telling that her parents still cherished her and that they even tried to come inside the dungeon but weren't permitted.
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- His family first tried to cross the border when David was 11, but they were caught and deported.
- On March 13, 1938, he was arrested as he tried to cross the Austrian border at St. Antonien Joch above Gargellen into Switzerland.
- On 30 January, Syrian refugees tried to cross the border between Turkey and Syria but were turned back under fire by Turkish forces.
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- He always tried to seize the initiative in a game.
- During the Prem government, the Young Turks tried to seize power on 1 April 1981.
- During the summer Charles had tried to seize ammunitions stored in the city but had been forcefully rebuffed.
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- Babe tried to steal second and is put out catcher to second!"
- Someone tried to steal the half-key.
- There, wanderer mummies attacked and tried to steal India's soul.
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- I tried to go back and do it but I physically couldn't."
- He could have tried to go to the 2014 Winter Paralympics.
- I've always tried to go out and get it ... And today I did."
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- Nayan tried to join forces with Kublai's competitor Kaidu in Central Asia.
- The recruitment drive was a success, and hundreds women tried to join Wu's unit.
- In 1829, he decided to become a priest and tried to join the Order of Preachers in Manila.
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- He repeatedly tried other pens, but none ever displaced the Montblanc.
- The Adilshahi army repeatedly tried to break through the defenses of the pass, but were repeatedly repulsed.
- Throughout her stay on the "Gnat", the crew repeatedly tried to use her as a gundog, each time resulting in a failure.
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- In February 1601, the earl tried to raise a rebellion in London.
- The crisis baffled the GOP, and it tried to raise tariffs again with the Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
- O'Malley tried to raise money and get the political backing to build a new ballpark elsewhere in Brooklyn.
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- The Ottomans then tried to destroy Zanet in 1803 and 1807.
- After the war, the Spanish government tried to destroy all evidence of its cooperation with the Axis.
- His ancestor tried to destroy Bóris and Mina d'Montmartre decades ago, but they frightened him to death.
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- Kyrby was tried for treason, which he denied.
- Bardelys, under the identity of Lesperon, is tried for treason.
- In 1499 he was tried for treason at Whitehall and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered.
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- Carmel finds him hard to resist and is rejected by him when she tried to kiss him.
- The outraged Tyrrel kept Emily imprisoned in his estate, and had her arrested on false charges when she tried to escape.
- Padmashali tried her best to conform to the assigned gender identity, failing when she tried to kill herself at the age of 12.
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- After relegation Celuloza tried to fight for promotion, but failed, ending only on the 4th place.
- In the third quarter, Miami tried to fight back with Mare's 42-yard field goal, yet the Colts matched them with Vinatieri's 34-yard field goal.
- The B&L tried to fight the B&M in court but failed because the monopoly granted in its charter was only good for traffic between Boston and Lowell.