try for
phrasal verb
tried for; trying for; tries for
: to make an attempt or effort to get (something)
He tried for second place but finished third instead.
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Many of those campuses have tried for years to shed reputations of elitism, with only gradual changes in enrollment.
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Why not try for some extra yards with 14 seconds on the clock and Derrick Henry in the backfield?
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
But Weinman follows Rideout all the way through 2017, when he was once again tried for rape.
—S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Why not try for the next big impossible step?
—Lauren Depino, CNN Money, 4 Jan. 2026
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Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
Why not try for some extra yards with 14 seconds on the clock and Derrick Henry in the backfield?
—Chris Bumbaca, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
But Weinman follows Rideout all the way through 2017, when he was once again tried for rape.
—S. C. Cornell, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Why not try for the next big impossible step?
—Lauren Depino, CNN Money, 4 Jan. 2026
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“Try for.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/try%20for. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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