"attempt" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Key legislators have urged Congress to vote against an economic and military aid package for Pakistan because of its defiant attempts to develop nuclear weapons.
- He notes Walton's new found celebrity because of the tabloids' attempts to profit from his tale.
- Educational advertisements often spark major controversies because of their attempts to persuade the public on political and religious matters.
- Some businesses ban the use of Skype precisely because of its attempts to circumvent network security policies.
- He was released by the Tigers in 1944, partly because of his attempts to organize a players union.
- The official explanation is security, because of the Central Intelligence Agency's various attempts on his life.
- Eventually, however, complications arose because of her attempts to hide her pregnancy, and she nearly died.
- Whether they were trying to hinder me or simply creating uncertainty because of their own foreseeing attempts, I cannot tell you.
- Darpa has become a controversial agency because of its attempts to help the American electronics industry in such areas as high-definition television.
- He became involved in the civil rights movement because of several activists' attempts to attain entrance to the then-all-white university.
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