How to Use make a go of in a Sentence
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            An influx of kids has moved to L.A. to make a go of it.
                        
 —Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2020 
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            Char's Live tried to keep that legacy alive and couldn't make a go of it.
                        
 —Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024 
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            The coming months already pose enough challenges to make a go of it, Roof said.
                        
 —Dahlia Ghabour, The Courier-Journal, 18 Nov. 2020 
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            East and West Pakistan tried to make a go of it with India in between, and look how that turned out.
                        
 —Steven Lewis, Star Tribune, 6 Nov. 2020 
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            Excited enough to make a go of staying up into the wee hours on a weeknight.
                        
 —Nicole Clausing, Sunset Magazine, 11 Aug. 2020 
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            The challenge to make a go of it in the new CW reality may be a monster too deadly to overcome.
                        
 —Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022 
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            That doesn't mean, however, that there's no room for entrepreneurs to make a go of new e-commerce ventures.
                        
 —Harry Kabadaian, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 
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            Le Prince tried and failed to make a go of an interior design business.
                        
 —Nat Segnit, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022 
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            Le Prince tried and failed to make a go of an interior design business.
                        
 —Nat Segnit, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022 
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            Will Majid, 44, make a go of his nascent import business of terra cotta pots?
                        
 —Carol Rosenberg Natalie Keyssar, New York Times, 9 May 2024 
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            Most of the women who have decided to make a go of selling on Poshmark understand that.
                        
 —Alden Wicker, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020 
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            Odds are, however, that many of them will make a go of it — at least if the new small business owner taps into available resources.
                        
 —Next Avenue, Forbes, 18 June 2021 
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            Halston is also who inspired Brandon Maxwell, as a boy growing up in small-town Texas, to make a go of it in fashion.
                        
 —Alison S. Cohn, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Mar. 2021 
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            Dogstar have been trying to make a go of their sleek, post-grunge alt-rock for decades, but bassist Keanu Reeves’ and drummer Robert Mailhouse’s pesky day jobs as actors keep getting in the way.
                        
 —Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023 
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            So would the eight remaining members then try to make a go of it by adding new schools, or will the Big 12 break up completely as the schools look to join other conferences?
                        
 —Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021 
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            And finally, Brandy's Naomi (aka Xplicit Lyrics) tried to make a go of it on her one, but the sacrifices have greatly outweighed any success.
                        
 —Marcus Jones, EW.com, 12 Sep. 2021 
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            Aguerd was scratched from Wednesday’s semifinal with France just before kickoff while Saiss tried to make a go of it but had to stop playing after 21 minutes.
                        
 —Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022 
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            Canadian elk began summering in Kittson and Roseau Counties, then decided to make a go of it full-time south of the border.
                        
 —Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 21 Oct. 2020 
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            The Angelika Plano reopened briefly last fall, but couldn’t make a go of it, says Adam Conway, events and marketing manager for the two theaters.
                        
 —Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2021 
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            Nitrogen, hydrogen and oxygen are necessary for humans to make a go of it.
                        
 —David W. Brown, WSJ, 18 Dec. 2020 
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            Families that had been by themselves for months on end, trying to make a go of little farms in the woods, convened once or twice a year at tent-meeting religious revivals, or camp meetings.
                        
 —The New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2022 
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            For the first hour of this game, the only story was Kansas’ implosion, its Self-immolation, its utter panic against a North Carolina team that was supposed to be too injured and out of gas to make a go of it here.
                        
 —Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2022 
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            First in the late ’90s, when his stint as the managing editor of Filmmaker Magazine at the height of the indie-film boom inspired him to make a go of it himself, with a series of scripts that drew upon his upbringing in small-town Texas.
                        
 —Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2021 
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            Anyone - regardless of socio-economic background, gender, ethnicity or creed can start a business and make a go of it.
                        
 —Trevor Clawson, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022 
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            So, to make a go of EVs in India, the manufacturer is counting on Alsym to deliver very inexpensive batteries.
                        
 —Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2022 
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            But since his release in 2016 has been trying to refashion his legacy to make a go of a legitimate music career under his own name, after years of exhibiting his art and sharing his music anonymously.
                        
 —Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021 
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