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effort

[ef-ert] / ˈɛf ərt /


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Last November, her legal team filed a three-page document outlining the arguments they plan to make in an effort to overturn her conviction.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

At first, the effort to measure losses over distances of meters or even kilometers might seem excessive for devices that fit on a small chip.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

She helps organize an effort to “deflock” Lowe’s, one of the company’s largest commercial clients.

From Salon Aug. 17, 2026

Then, in a last-ditch effort to fend off Hong’s insurgency, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, who had previously suspended his campaign, reentered the race less than a month before polls opened.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

‘Why did you leave them?’ asked Renn, who seemed to be making a supreme effort to forget about her quiver and befriend him, in order to keep them alive.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

It does not require major efforts from Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico, the other states that depend on the river.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Apple’s artificial-intelligence efforts have been “disappointing,” but one analyst sees room for the iPhone maker to turn things around, possibly by partnering up with Nvidia.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

Together, these efforts could help astronomers reconstruct the family tree of little red dots and determine how these mysterious early universe sources develop over cosmic time.

From Science Daily Aug. 17, 2026

"They haven't received aid yet because Nitung Village was isolated for nearly two days after the quake," he said, noting that efforts were underway to rush aid to the survivors.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

When they wrote about spirits at all, most newspapers concentrated their efforts on exposing mediums as frivolous and fraudulent.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock




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