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[trahy] / traɪ /








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On Tuesday, the company is set to deliver its third-quarter earnings and try to answer Wall Street’s questions about its strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

As talks to resolve the situation struggled along, on September 29 lawyers for the residents issued a fresh legal bid to try to prevent the march from going ahead.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

You’ve written about how El-Sayed has sometimes de-emphasized his faith even as his opponents try to center it.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

And if you need to seek out care, try to find a hospital that has a pulmonary embolism response team.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

I know how easily I can fall into sadness when it comes to remembering my mom, so I try to move on and get him back to his usual boastful self.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Meanwhile, a bounty hunter tries to warn surviving members of the Voorhees family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

If the network tries to bring El-Sayed on again to ask him the same questions, they know from experience that he’ll probably just win over even more of their viewers.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

“The value creation is in the now-to-2029 horizon, and anybody who then tries to wait it out and come in after that is going to be late,” Hazra said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

A “stroad” tries to do both tasks at once, said Charles Marohn, the engineer widely credited with coining the term.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Helen tries to maneuver me onto the sofa but I can’t stay sitting; my body wants to pace.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

The unnamed Saudi royal family member tried several times to recruit the engineer for an AI initiative in Saudi Arabia.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

Immediately after the news of Lentz’s firing broke, Tyler Perry swooped in and paid for six months of rent on the Manhattan Beach house where the couple tried to hide from the world.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The state tried to prop up the railway, but in 1998, federal officials ordered it closed over safety concerns.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Daniel Munoz: Tested David Raya and tried to get forward, especially in the first half, but more will be needed.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

I just tried my very hardest not to think about it.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

“Everyone in the country is trying to roll these out as best and fast as they can,” said Maribeth McLaughlin, UPMC’s chief nurse executive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Today’s bedside nurses have more career options than previous generations—an advantage for workers and a challenge for hospitals trying to keep them on the front lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

It was a form of grieving to make this really deep documentary about his life and everything he was going through and trying to express.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

"We can't stay stagnant or keep trying to win in the same ways all the time."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“And that one over there, the one trying to melt into the paint, is my daughter, Lala,” Dad says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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