avail
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She followed her pediatrician’s advice, adding tube after tube of rash cream to no avail.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Stars like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon and teenage wonder Macklin Celebrini repeatedly barraged the zone, to no avail.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026
Botswana and its president, Duma Boko, De Beers' biggest producer partner with a 15-percent holding, led a determined push to finalise a deal by last year but to no avail.
From Barron's • Feb. 8, 2026
With their mother gone, the teenager tried to feed the baby, who was exclusively breastfed, formula to no avail.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
For some reason I thought of Lord Tibe’s teeth....The king had given me the freedom of the country; I would avail myself of it.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing avail
Grade 12, List 1
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"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" by Frederick Douglass
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards
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