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And last year, Seoul announced an agreement with Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, with Pyongyang slamming the submarine programme as a "dangerous attempt at confrontation".

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

But not 16, and in the era of competitive equity playoffs and the attempt to avoid 42-0 opening games, eight is perfectly fine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026

It was her eighth return attempt since August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Throughout the book, Krakauer recounts his attempt to summit Mount Everest the year earlier in what would become, at the time, the mountain’s deadliest season.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

“You aren’t funny, cadet,” he sneered, and I saw him stand up straighter in an attempt to offset the three additional inches of height I’d had on him since we were both eight.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

AI ethicists have dismissed attempts to treat AI systems as autonomous agents as creative ways for the AI labs to skirt accountability for the harm their software causes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Previous attempts to explain why matter prevailed over antimatter generally left out the decoupled heavy neutrino.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Richardson then drove off before stopping in a country lane and twice getting out of the vehicle in attempts to pull Mr Mullins free, the jury was told.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Carrie,” developed by Mike Flanagan, the streaming world’s master of horror, attempts something similar but even more extreme.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

It didn’t help that another fire had broken out at the unit 4 reactor, and attempts to reach the fuel pools by helicopter that morning were once again stymied by radiation.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

“If at a certain point I’d attempted to rebuild our relationship, things might have gone another direction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Violetta Mailyan, 45, was convicted in May of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of an investigation of a healthcare offense, as she attempted to mislead federal agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

The son of a slumlord coming from the outer boroughs, he was starting with two strikes against him when he attempted to make a jump into Manhattan’s high society.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

Historically, some clinicians attempted to address difficulties with face perception by requiring autistic individuals to maintain eye contact.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

But when she attempted to stand, one of the girls caught her by the wrist.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

Since the war began, Iran has claimed control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy conduit, and repeatedly targeted vessels attempting to cross without its authorisation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

But the narrative shifts dramatically when Morrison and Nelson, a romantic couple attempting a training climb and downhill ski in the Himalayas, experience an avalanche on the eighth-highest mountain in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

A unified stance, however, would push the SpaceX timeline to likely between 2030 and 2032, and the company could spend up to 10 years attempting to capture 20% of the U.S. market, according to Citi.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

This would offer another approach to treatment beyond attempting to destroy every harmful aging cell.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

For her, the years from 1938 to 1941 were a time of “exciting, round-the-clock adventures, as we counter-spied into the minds and activities of the agents attempting to spy into those of the United States.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield