The apologism/poor attempts at explaining it away should stop, though.

Did you think your fumbling attempts could stop me?

But educators warned that these attempts alone will not stop the problem.

That is why most attempts to stop fugitives are unsuccessful.

After numerous attempts to stop the car, the police open fire on them, killing Mitchell.

If these attempts to stop us keep up, one of them is going to work.

His attempts to blame this on other people are shameful and must stop.

"So any attempt to fix the pipeline will stop such activities."

The attempt to improve the social welfare of the village did not stop at only building the church.

The attempts to deceive consumers and to try to hide the truth must stop.