brief attempt
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A brief attempt at a career in the legal profession was cut short after he failed his first year at law school.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
After a brief attempt to revive the firm, Mr. Mashinsky resigned in September.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
There was a brief attempt by Alston supporters to keep the chair, but it became moot.
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2022
There was a brief attempt, in the 1960s during the second Vatican council, at reevaluation – and then slam!
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2018
After a brief attempt at resistance, the governor fled, and al-Shī‘ī entered the city, released ‘Obaidallah and presented him to the army as the long-promised Imām.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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