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attempt

[uh-tempt] / əˈtɛmpt /




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And last year, Seoul announced an agreement with Washington to build nuclear-powered submarines, with Pyongyang slamming the submarine programme as a "dangerous attempt at confrontation".

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

In recent years, England's lower order have attacked in an attempt to score quick runs.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It was her eighth return attempt since August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

But while “Everest: The Other Side” includes countless breathtaking sequences of Earth’s tallest mountain and plenty of nail-biting anxiety in the eventual summit push and ski attempt, those moments are merely the film’s selling points.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026

Before her stretched a vast treeless waste, where heather and dwarf willow hugged the ground in a vain attempt to avoid the wind; where small peat-brown lakes shivered amid tossing marsh grass.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

AI ethicists have dismissed attempts to treat AI systems as autonomous agents as creative ways for the AI labs to skirt accountability for the harm their software causes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Researchers suspected that another molecule was helping the toxin reach its target, but repeated attempts to identify it had failed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Other attempts to expand voting help for people with disabilities were meanwhile unsuccessful.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Richardson then drove off before stopping in a country lane and twice getting out of the vehicle in attempts to pull Mr Mullins free, the jury was told.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

The genome project, in turn, inspires attempts to understand human variation and “normal” behavior in terms of genes.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

In 2007, Drake unsuccessfully attempted to look for the home while he was visiting Los Angeles.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

“If at a certain point I’d attempted to rebuild our relationship, things might have gone another direction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Violetta Mailyan, 45, was convicted in May of nine counts of wire fraud and three counts of obstruction of an investigation of a healthcare offense, as she attempted to mislead federal agents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

They attempted to test with the short ball, too, but he was particularly prolific against it as the seamers lacked the pace to really trouble him.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

We attempted to figure out what could be washed or cleaned or salvaged.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Since the war began, Iran has claimed control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global energy conduit, and repeatedly targeted vessels attempting to cross without its authorisation.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

A unified stance, however, would push the SpaceX timeline to likely between 2030 and 2032, and the company could spend up to 10 years attempting to capture 20% of the U.S. market, according to Citi.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

They are also attempting to reduce the laser beam's size even further, with a target of just a few hundred nanometers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

A woman has died after attempting to rescue her two sons when they were swept away while snorkelling in the Bahamas.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

Tater was attempting to burrow a tunnel underneath the fence.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein


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