tried

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I mentioned him in the essay about people that I know who have died and I tried going into detail about our friendship and it just felt cheap to me.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Kilicdaroglu's backers had tried to push their way in, before police received orders to step in and take the building.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Since then, scientists have tried to understand exactly how angular momentum spreads through the internal structure of solids.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

With two runners on the base, Ramirez tried to throw out a runner stealing second, but the ball slipped away from Bragg and trickled into the outfield grass.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

But we tried all we could not to talk about the war.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo