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Example sentences for: striving

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But in adopting Old New York Times values of cautiousness and fairness and dullness, in striving to become the new Newspaper of Record, the Post has lost its verve.
Perhaps Maslin, striving to avoid that fate, stumbled onto one equally unfortunate--she let hope triumph over experience.
China, with major plans to supply its own needs in industries such as motor vehicles, aerospace, and semiconductors, is clearly one country striving for self-sufficiency.
By striving and succeeding without complaint, Asian immigrants have become, in the words of Irving Kristol, "just another 'European' ethnic group."
Ex-Editor Tina Brown writes a valedictory, thanking her colleagues, "an extraordinary group of men and women striving to make and remake America's finest magazine."