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Ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner are depicted trying to reach Ye through his fog of grandiosity, to no avail.
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Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Shamieh recounts his father once repeatedly trying to contact an attorney to no avail.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Banks has bugged Kerkering to clean his locker, to no avail.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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Derek Robertson, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Shamieh recounts his father once repeatedly trying to contact an attorney to no avail.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Banks has bugged Kerkering to clean his locker, to no avail.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
Raised under Augusta’s religious terror and hatred for women, Ed tries to hide his penchant for ladies’ underwear and masturbation to no avail.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
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“To no avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20no%20avail. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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