endeavor
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In that respect, extreme climbing is an incredibly selfish endeavor.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
He says country music is ‘a soulful artistic endeavor.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
His movies "aren't really too worried about their box office total; they're worried about having an artistic endeavor behind" them.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
Some also said her engagement party last fall functioned more as a commercial endeavor than a personal celebration, citing in part the affiliate links she posted beforehand for suggested guest attire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
This whole endeavor was about to be out of his hands.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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It’s unclear how she will balance the push toward these types of endeavors when faced with community pushback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Elon Musk’s rocket maker outlined three segments and estimated its AI business to have the largest potential of the group, with a bigger opportunity than its connectivity and space endeavors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
How similar in practice depends on the deterrent power of U.S. capabilities across the full spectrum of military, economic, diplomatic and informational endeavors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
This series endeavors to settle that mystery once and for all.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
As in most endeavors I have encountered in my life, “doing it better than anyone” is not a reasonable goal.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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Covering careers and the labor market, I endeavored to meet job seekers in all 50 states, hoping it would help me understand why many people felt so dim about their futures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
Lam endeavored to merge his life and work, to create a personal vocabulary with universal reach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
For the time being, Glaser merely endeavored to set the bar at the line between clever and stupid, which she claimed at the end of the show was her goal.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2026
Now I’ve endeavored to be like an old dog who can learn new tricks, so humility has been the watchword for my second decade of marriage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
He endeavored to trap and nourish the impression in order to predict, and perhaps even control, what incident would occur next, but the afflatus melted away unproductively, as he had known beforehand it would.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Alfozan, who had worked on OpenAI’s product team for more than a year, was charged with using or endeavoring to use a device to intercept oral communications, prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked at the AI firm as an engineer, was charged federally with using or endeavoring to use an electronic, mechanical, or other device to intercept oral communications.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
“We’re endeavoring to activate that park a lot more, working with our community members.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
The police released them for the evening but kept their passports, which they were endeavoring to confirm with Swiss authorities.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
When Fflewddur, endeavoring to make friends, put his finger into the cage, the gwythaint roused and slashed at him with its beak.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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