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The White House has been whipping the three signatories to remove their names to no avail.
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
His teammates joked with him and pushed him as the game wound down to no avail.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 Nov. 2025
The South African government has repeatedly tried to correct the White House, providing statistics that disprove these claims – for example the fact that Black people are by far the worst affected by violent crime and that whites still own the majority of commercial farmland – to no avail.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
But the effort was to no avail.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
His teammates joked with him and pushed him as the game wound down to no avail.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 12 Nov. 2025
The South African government has repeatedly tried to correct the White House, providing statistics that disprove these claims – for example the fact that Black people are by far the worst affected by violent crime and that whites still own the majority of commercial farmland – to no avail.
—Kate Bartlett, NPR, 10 Nov. 2025
But the effort was to no avail.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 2025
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“To no avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20no%20avail. Accessed 24 Nov. 2025.
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