attempt
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Will the administration’s new attempt to impose broad tariffs stick?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
“The initiatives we support are designed to protect Inglewood from another attempt by stadium owners to take more from residents, small businesses and the city services that support critical infrastructure,” Krantz wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Sanchez, a 57-year-old congressman draws on the rural background of his mentor, former president Pedro Castillo, a schoolteacher jailed after a failed attempt to dissolve Congress in 2022.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Their weak attempt to qualify for the World Cup was enough evidence of that.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
She used water from Anat’s bottle to wet the blending sponge and began to attempt re-creating the green-gray she’d once worn onstage.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Vocabulary lists containing attempt
"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto
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