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The 33-year-old purred around out wide, scored the try that started the hosts' second-half blitz and lassoed Rotimi Segun with a crucial try-saving tackle before the break.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
To avoid such problems, tax preparers try to give clients a head start.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
“Now, I’m just like, ‘You come in, you try to remember which kid has what sport or who you’re picking up.’
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
“It’s time to try something different,” he said then.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
They try to remain hopeful, but in May 1942 they receive devastating news: Corregidor, the island where General MacArthur had established his new headquarters, has been defeated.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing try
"To His Coy Mistress" by Andrew Marvell
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Scrabble: Words with no Vowels
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Novel Study: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Chapters 12–20
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