attempt
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Everest aspirants seized the good weather conditions to attempt the summit, tourism department official Khimlal Gautam told Everest Chronicle.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Because of this complexity, anti-aging researchers are increasingly moving away from strategies that attempt to eliminate all senescent cells.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
This time around, council members put more money into the city’s reserves, partly in an attempt to secure better borrowing terms for the upgrade of the Convention Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
An American former newspaper columnist took to his Substack page to attempt a debunking, which offered a coherent if implausible theory of why Europe isn’t all that bad and America isn’t all that great.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
She glanced once at the willow tree and gave what was clearly an attempt at a reassuring nod, and then away.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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