1
as in stretches
to subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress
you're trying my patience
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2
as in attempts
to make an effort to do
try to unlock the door will try to call later tonight
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Recent Examples of tries
Johanna Silver,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Unfortunately, the degree of difficulty is about as high as whatever Simone Biles tries in the Olympics.
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Beau Dure,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
If and when a male duck tries to force himself on a female — and that definitely happens — her vaginal pouches actually prevent the sperm from getting anywhere.
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Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Aemond tries to sneakily kill his kingly big brother, Aegon (because now that Aegon's son is dead, Aemond is his heir).
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Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
The animator tries it, changes it, undoes it, and little by little the character comes alive.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Moorby opened the scoring in the second half and tries followed to Devan Flanders, Jordie Barrett and Love, who scored an acrobatic second.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
The elegant staging tries to compensate, but the performers have to rely a little too heavily on their own charms to make up the difference in a play that swerves unexpectedly at the end into a cutesy fairy tale.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The thing that makes a sitcom a sitcom is the funny ways a person is causing problems for themselves, but there’s also a lot of humor in how a person tries to fix it.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
David Oliver,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
New Zealand hasn’t won a World Cup match in six tries, with three losses in 1982 and bizarrely draws in all three matches in 2010.
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Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
The Knicks simply could not make a shot, missing on 16 of their first 18 tries and each of their first 11 two-point attempts.
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Cbs New York Team,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
The Knicks simply could not make a shot, missing on 16 of their first 18 tries and each of their first 11 two-point attempts.
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Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
Freese will need to organize a back line that has failed to keep a shutout in eight tries dating back to last September.
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Julian Cardillo,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Levi scored two tries to extend her season-leading tally to 64, and was even more impressive with two try-saving tackles from behind on Katelyn Vaha'akolo.
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ABC News,
7 June 2026
Players had four tries per hour to guess the order and could win at most one BOGO entrée or double protein during the campaign, along with the chance to win the grand prize of free burritos for a year, which was granted to the first player to unlock the vault each hour.
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Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
The project honors Monroe, but sees her, first and almost exclusively, as a victim, one who Eddie Redmayne’s gentle production assistant tries and fails to save.
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Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Verb
Year after year, Hagerty tries new cultivars of his favorite crops—including chiles, peaches, and loads of tomatoes.
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Johanna Silver,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Unfortunately, the degree of difficulty is about as high as whatever Simone Biles tries in the Olympics.
—
Beau Dure,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
If and when a male duck tries to force himself on a female — and that definitely happens — her vaginal pouches actually prevent the sperm from getting anywhere.
—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Aemond tries to sneakily kill his kingly big brother, Aegon (because now that Aegon's son is dead, Aemond is his heir).
—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
The animator tries it, changes it, undoes it, and little by little the character comes alive.
—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
20 June 2026
Moorby opened the scoring in the second half and tries followed to Devan Flanders, Jordie Barrett and Love, who scored an acrobatic second.
—
ABC News,
20 June 2026
The elegant staging tries to compensate, but the performers have to rely a little too heavily on their own charms to make up the difference in a play that swerves unexpectedly at the end into a cutesy fairy tale.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
The thing that makes a sitcom a sitcom is the funny ways a person is causing problems for themselves, but there’s also a lot of humor in how a person tries to fix it.
—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Noun
Several tries later, and the app started tracking my brain waves.
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David Oliver,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
New Zealand hasn’t won a World Cup match in six tries, with three losses in 1982 and bizarrely draws in all three matches in 2010.
—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
15 June 2026
The Knicks simply could not make a shot, missing on 16 of their first 18 tries and each of their first 11 two-point attempts.
—
Cbs New York Team,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
The Knicks simply could not make a shot, missing on 16 of their first 18 tries and each of their first 11 two-point attempts.
—
Tim Reynolds,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
Freese will need to organize a back line that has failed to keep a shutout in eight tries dating back to last September.
—
Julian Cardillo,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Levi scored two tries to extend her season-leading tally to 64, and was even more impressive with two try-saving tackles from behind on Katelyn Vaha'akolo.
—
ABC News,
7 June 2026
Players had four tries per hour to guess the order and could win at most one BOGO entrée or double protein during the campaign, along with the chance to win the grand prize of free burritos for a year, which was granted to the first player to unlock the vault each hour.
—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
The project honors Monroe, but sees her, first and almost exclusively, as a victim, one who Eddie Redmayne’s gentle production assistant tries and fails to save.
—
Daniel D'addario,
Variety,
1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tries
Verb
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The primary to represent the upstate New York district, which stretches from the Canadian border to straddling the northern Albany suburbs, became increasingly bitter as Constantino and Smullen threatened legal action against each other over claims made during the campaign.
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The impact stretches beyond North Park.
Verb
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The success of the LineShine comes as the US and China ratchet up their tech rivalry and Washington attempts to curb Beijing’s access to frontier technologies from AI to chips that could power its military.
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These systems were designed to take over repetitive, high-volume moderation tasks including flagging impersonation accounts, scam attempts, and harmful content, while human reviewers were concentrated on complex decisions and formal appeals.
Noun
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Does this mean those pop-goes-punk comp albums are coming back?
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Except then there’s the chance of being FUNNELED, placed on the rails and headed for a very specific destination, instead of the OPEN-WORLD anything-goes of traditional D&D.
Verb
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Meta announced its new set of smart glasses priced at $299, undercutting some of its earlier models as the company pushes to bring wearables to a broader audience.
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When an agent moves money inside a payments platform, alters a record in a hospital network or pushes code into production, the damage is harder to contain.
Verb
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Alan Stanton said the conservative county strives not to overregulate in general.
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New legislation introduced by a bipartisan group of senators strives to add new aircraft to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hurricane Hunter fleet and codify the agency’s role in meteorological research.
Verb
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The three-hour exam, which tests students on physics, chemistry and biology in a multiple-choice format, is among the country’s most punishing tests along with its engineering counterpart, the JEE, both demanding years of near-total devotion.
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The Department of Health tests a number of beaches every Monday during the summer.
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The naval buildup comes as Kim seeks to strengthen what analysts have long viewed as one of the weaker branches of North Korea's military.
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The legislation also seeks to limit large investors — those with at least 350 properties — from buying homes.
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