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Democrats have been working for weeks to try to find concessions from Republicans on healthcare to no avail.
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Bondi’s response was characteristically bristling and evasive; Whitehouse asked about the money seven times, to no avail.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Zibanejad, Fox and others pleaded their case to no avail.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas tried to fight their feelings for each other after sparks flew on the set of 1995's Two Much, to no avail.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025
Bondi’s response was characteristically bristling and evasive; Whitehouse asked about the money seven times, to no avail.
—Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Zibanejad, Fox and others pleaded their case to no avail.
—Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas tried to fight their feelings for each other after sparks flew on the set of 1995's Two Much, to no avail.
—Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to no avail
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“To no avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20no%20avail. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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