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
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The most important move is to avoid anything inside the package that tries to pull you into another step.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Outside of work, Hills tries to exercise often and eat healthily.
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Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
David refuses, and Wallace tries again.
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Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
At one point, Martinez is helped up from the ground and tries to walk away but the woman continues the attack, beating her head and face, causing Martinez to fall to the ground again.
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Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
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Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Load-bearing walls are invisible until someone tries to remove them—and then the building falls.
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Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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
CBS News,
25 June 2026
After stealing 16 bases in 19 tries in ‘24, Merrill was 1-for-3 in steal attempts in his first 44 games last season.
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Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
The Hurricanes scored 113 tries in 17 matches in 2026 and finished as the first team in Super Rugby's 30-year history to score more than 100 tries in a season.
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ABC News,
20 June 2026
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.
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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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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
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
Verb
The export ban and subsequent negotiations with Anthropic underscored the lack of a consistent regulatory framework around AI, even as the technology advances rapidly and the US tries to stay ahead of global competitors like China.
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Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
27 June 2026
The most important move is to avoid anything inside the package that tries to pull you into another step.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
27 June 2026
Outside of work, Hills tries to exercise often and eat healthily.
—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
David refuses, and Wallace tries again.
—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
At one point, Martinez is helped up from the ground and tries to walk away but the woman continues the attack, beating her head and face, causing Martinez to fall to the ground again.
—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
The sequence in which Carmy tries to talk Richie down from a panic attack feels equally dynamic and alive right to its conclusion — when Carmy pretends they’ve gotten locked in, just as Carmy once was, to mess with Richie’s head.
—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
26 June 2026
Load-bearing walls are invisible until someone tries to remove them—and then the building falls.
—
Geri Stengel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
Year after year, Hagerty tries new cultivars of his favorite crops—including chiles, peaches, and loads of tomatoes.
—
Johanna Silver,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 June 2026
Noun
Japan is advancing out of the group stage for the third consecutive World Cup and fifth time in seven tries since first reaching the round of 16 as co-hosts in 2002.
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CBS News,
25 June 2026
After stealing 16 bases in 19 tries in ‘24, Merrill was 1-for-3 in steal attempts in his first 44 games last season.
—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 June 2026
The Hurricanes scored 113 tries in 17 matches in 2026 and finished as the first team in Super Rugby's 30-year history to score more than 100 tries in a season.
—
ABC News,
20 June 2026
Several tries later, and the app started tracking my brain waves.
—
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.
—
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
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
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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“Tries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tries. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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