best effort
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A year later, he was banned for eight weeks for his behaviour - including a "lack of best effort" - at the Shanghai Masters.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
"We're making our best effort and mobilising everything... to extinguish and wet-down the area," local disaster official Satriyo Nurseno told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The British pair had the advantage of diving first throughout and put in their best effort of the competition to apply the pressure.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2024
Depsite her best effort, that scene has followed Williams ever since, spiraling from internet memes and sports talk debate to serious NFL front-office conversations about his future.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
“You can leave when it's complete. Use your best effort or you'll be doing it all over again. Neatly, completely, and with pride. That's the Institute motto. That's how mastery is done.”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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