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Example sentences for: attempts

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The monograph concludes with a chapter on therapeutic friendship, dealing chiefly with Johnson's attempts to steer Boswell into a more sensible way of life and behavior.
Recent undercover operations have detected, says the paper, attempts by Russian groups to sell Colombian drug lords a helicopter, surface-to-air missiles and a submarine.
Air traffic control notified American's headquarters of the problem, and the airline began attempts to contact the flight by 8:59 via ACARS.
This week's was from a woman and had to do with the desperate attempts that she and her fiance made to find somewhere to eat in Havana on the evening of Valentine's Day.
The visa function attempts to facilitate legitimate travel while at the same time denying entry to the United States of certain individuals, including potential terrorists.