The press were trying to have it every possible way.

The press were trying to whip up a scare out of nothing.

I stated that the press was trying to couple two separate events and make them one.

Should the press try the case, as he, apparently, has already done?

"Maybe the press is not trying to close in," a diplomat said.

In fact, some small presses clearly don't try to square the circle.

"The press is always trying to marry me off to someone."

The press has been trying to get in to interview you.

It was ten thousand dollars a plate, so the press tried to get in.

The British press tried to make light of the situation: