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
“I was reaching back for the puck and trying to make a play for the net,” Tanev said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 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
By that token, Bass could theoretically also make a play for an unlikely June victory, but her financial resources are far more limited.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 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)
