make a play for
Example Sentences
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For all the emotional and psychological detail like this spilled in “Dynasty: The Murdochs,” it doesn’t make a play for our sympathies or leave us feeling any particular way about these people.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Perhaps, but surely starring in a $50 million critically acclaimed studio film is valuable too and is the entire reason that those working in obscurity make a play for an Oscar.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2023
Much of the content of the letters is about wider issues of diplomacy than simply Mary’s attempts to reclaim the throne of Scotland or make a play for the throne of England, Doran says.
From Scientific American • Feb. 8, 2023
The Panthers could still make a play for Cleveland’s Baker Mayfield or San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo, two quarterbacks who are expected to be moved at some point this offseason.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022
All those weeks to play the crook in, and then to make a play for it when he knew he could not put it over!
From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)
