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Example sentences for: tried

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The FCC had tried to prevent the U S West (and other companies who became party to the suit) from exploiting a customer's personal information--calls made, services ordered, etc.--to sell that customer more services and products.
(Beatty was to politicians what Keith Richards was to rock stars--those who tried to imitate him ended up OD'ing.)
Puffy features on Beatty in various (non-Murdoch) magazines and newspapers have suggested that Fox, which was contractually obligated to make and release Bulworth , has tried to bury the picture, thus ensuring its status as a cause célèbre among pundits who'd love to stick it to Rupert, even if that means enriching his company.
Assuming that women internalize tough criticism, the male coach tried positive reinforcement instead.
(And the WP reports that the Chinese, the source of most of the Pakistanis' atomic know-how, also tried getting them to stop the tests.)