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Joel tried to win back Midge, and she turned him down.
American missionaries to the empire first tried to win Christian converts.
Democrats have mostly tried to win Florida with more moderate candidates.
Instead, he has tried to win voters over by providing better public services.
I tried to win as many points on his second serve as possible.
"We really tried to win this game," rookie Devils center Nico Hischier said.
We finally see Dom get beat in a race he tried to win.
"I can see why Mariel tried to win so many times," said Wozniak.
He tried to win the seat back in 2018, challenging Donovan in a primary.
"I tried to win the stage, but it was pretty complicated," Van Avermaet said.
Sanctions targets who had not previously tried to win reprieve are sensing an opening.
And the worse he treated fashion, the more fashion tried to win his favor.
Biden and the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, Jackson said, tried to win back Reagan voters.
In her own inauthentic way, she tried to win them both over — and got neither.
He tried to win games through force of will (again), and came up empty (again).
Ammon Bundy tried to win over the community of Burns, at a news conference on Sunday.
Several brands have tried to win over people on the high-fat, low-carb keto diet.
This was something the Occupy movement failed to do; it never tried to win anything winnable.
Beijing has long tried to win the hearts of the Taiwanese politically thanks to economic incentives.
Magic Leap tried to win a $480 million AR military contract, but it was awarded to Microsoft.
He tried to win the debate just like one wins a limbo contest — by lowering the bar.
The government tried to win them over by gradually raising their minimum wage to $182 a month.
Teams tried to win their conference, and if they did, they played in a corresponding bowl game.
And there was Sunday, when James tried to win the game by himself and came up empty.
But their position behind the wall was fortified each time GOP candidates tried to win them -- and failed.
ACRA has tried to win a reputation for a conservative approach, making it unpopular in some business circles.
But eastern Aleppo is by far the biggest prize the government has tried to win in this way.
Where Mitt Romney described himself as "severely conservative" as he tried to win over the base in 2012.
Since then, the PD has tried to win power alone—an ambition thwarted by the rise of the M5S.
It's been nearly 22 years since Julianne tried to win back Michael days before he walked down the aisle.
He tried to win without violence whenever possible, but when he fought, he never shied away from the cost.
Once Henson tried to win him back by wearing "my cutest, shortest dress and my highest heels," she writes.
But Mr. Dowd, who personally disagreed with that specific initiative, said they still tried to win over new voters.
Since the abduction, the United States government has tried to win their release but there have been repeated setbacks.
Even better than the time Senator Christopher Dodd tried to win Iowa by enrolling his child in a kindergarten there.
He tried to win the Republican nomination in 1992 and 220, and won that of the Reform Party in 220.
Manning's effectiveness on the field had declined in recent years as he tried to win his second Super Bowl ring.
I see them as opportunists who want to brag to their friends about how they tried to win my soul.
His opponent, Prabowo Subianto, tried to win popular support by attacking "evil elites" who he said had undermined the country.
They fought hard and tried to win, but there were clear lines of civility and propriety they would not cross.
St. Thomas's defense prevented Gorman from scoring, and tried to win with a field goal, but the kick was blocked.
The idea is that, since Allie tried to win by cheating, Lexie and Harry should lead the town as co-mayors.
Beal tried to win the game in regulation, but his shot over Heat defender Josh Richardson missed off the front rim.
The first place that the company has tried to win customers is in clinical research trials, where the need is most acute.
In June, Alphabet tried to win over Toronto with a 1,524-page plan detailing how the neighborhood would be designed and function.
But once re-elected, she went in another direction, appointing a finance minister who tried to win approval for market-friendly policies.
In 2018, two men tried to win the prize money at a pigeon race by smuggling their birds on a bullet train.
He's tried to win over Paul supporters, even as the Kentucky senator says he doesn't have plans to endorse in the race.
For more than two decades, the Philippine government and the townspeople of Balangiga on Samar have tried to win the bells' return.
She postponed the vote for a month, rather than face a humiliating defeat, as she tried to win new promises from Brussels.
Last year, if you'll recall, KFC tried to win the chicken sandwich wars with a terrifying combination of fried bird and doughnut.
Roosevelt had tried to win the Republican nomination by bribing black delegates, who were then shut out of the Progressive Party's Convention.
In that dispute, Republicans tried to win a phaseout of Planned Parenthood spending and funds for a border wall, and got neither.
In a separate conversation, Cohn tried to win Trump over with a real estate analogy, according to two sources familiar with their conversation.
Cruz had tried to win over the Schlafly wing of the GOP by portraying himself as the upstart rebel fighting the party kingmakers.
Oliver North tried to win the release of US hostages in Lebanon by selling weapons to Iran, which was considered a terrorist state.
Kate Middleton has said Prince William tried to win her over with his homemade bolognese sauce while the pair were studying at university.
If you have ever tried to win an argument with a 1-year-old, then you have, I'm willing to bet, lost an argument.
At multiple points when the Chinese government could have retaliated against America by targeting its businesses, it has instead tried to win them over.
Johannes Suriadjaja, chief executive of private construction firm Surya Semesta Internusa, said his company tried to win infrastructure work for years without much success.
The headset is impressive — better than any augmented reality experience I've ever seen, including Magic Leap, which also tried to win the Army contract.
The public sighting has people speculating that he moved on from Hannah Brown, whose heart he tried to win on the show, to Hadid.
Western troops fought the Taliban village to village, and tried to win civilians' hearts and minds by doling out cash for bridges and roads.
The French firm tried to win over Actelion's board with a higher bid containing cash and a so-called contingent value right (CVR), they said.
I tried to win, but when I saw him make a move, already I knew it was like... you know... he's a very strong player.
Trump could have simply treated Comey well and tried to win him over as an ally while offering bland statements of support for his work.
This lines up with how Democrats have historically tried to win races in Texas — paying more attention to voters they know will turn out reliably.
As he has tried to win over senators to support him for the State Department job, Mr. Pompeo has tried to play down those stances.
Trump ran on a tough-on-crime platform during his 2016 presidential campaign, playing to the party's base as he tried to win the nomination.
Internet companies have long tried to win advertising budgets that were earmarked for television, and Facebook's efforts around video advertising have been underwhelming so far.
He came back as "Jack," and tried to win Fiona over again, but she'd grown too much to run away with him and abandon her family.
Numerous Democratic House candidates across the country refused to back Pelosi as they tried to win Republican-held districts in the midterm elections earlier this month.
In late April it tried to win respite by imposing a month-long block on social media and mobile-phone data services (useful for uploading videos).
Cardi B is urging her fans to be kinder to her estranged husband Offset after he tried to win her back onstage with $15,000 in roses.
As Ezra Klein pointed out in Vox, Sanders tried to win over the Democratic Party by attacking the Democratic Party and treating its leaders with contempt.
"We've tried to win the stage with Mikel Landa as well as myself to retain the Maglia Rosa but we've missed out by very little," said Carapaz.
Before Megyn Kelly's headline-making smack-down of Donald Trump and his furious counter-punches, the Donald tried to win the support of the Fox News anchor.
She said she started doing the pinky promises because she wanted to "make something count every single day" as she tried to win the US Senate race.
They will claim that they tried to win hearts and minds in Gaza and the West Bank and it just didn't work because it just doesn't work.
This history cast a shadow over plans for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and early on Mr. Bach tried to win a commitment from North Korea to attend.
Scott Gottlieb, the Food and Drug Administration commissioner, has tried to win over critics while also paying attention to the concerns of the drug and health industries.
While Mr. Wickremesinghe holed up in the prime minister's residence, guarded by hundreds of supporters, Mr. Rajapaksa tried to win over lawmakers amid open brawls in Parliament.
For years, Democrats have tried to win statewide races in purple states like Florida — and red states like Georgia — by nominating moderates who could woo swing voters.
On multiple occasions, according to the documents, Deutsche Bank tried to win business by collaborating with family members of Wen Jiabao, China's premier from 2003 to 2013.
Both the candidates and the army general who exercises real power in Algeria, Chief of Staff Ahmed Gaid Salah, 79, have tried to win over the demonstrators.
Still, Infantino in recent weeks tried to win support for the SoftBank-led proposal from some of the world's top clubs at a private meeting in Zurich.
Reagan had tried to win over uncommitted delegates by announcing, weeks before the Convention, that, if nominated, he'd make Senator Richard Schweiker, of Pennsylvania, his running mate.
President Trump got a lot of attention for his Tuesday night dinner with three red-state Democratic senators, where he tried to win their support for tax reform.
There have been six other times a party has tried to win a third consecutive term during the last 63 years (1960, 1968, 1976, 2000, 2008 and 2016).
Google has tried to win over its local critics, including budgeting roughly $450 million from 2015 to 2017 for spending on cultural and other projects across the Continent.
If the deal had lost by a narrow margin, she might have tried to win a few concessions from Brussels and return to Parliament for a second vote.
The figures suggested growth in the world's fifth-biggest economy was near a standstill as Prime Minister Theresa May tried to win last-minute Brexit concessions from Brussels.
On Wednesday, campaigners from both sides tried to win over the estimated 10 percent of the 46.5 million electorate who polls suggest had still not decided how to vote.
It should come as no surprise that the tech warriors tried to win the president's favor as Trump—a man who campaigned on banning Muslim immigrants—entered into office.
In public and in private the Trump campaign tried to win over skeptics who feel the New York businessman and celebrity TV star does not represent the party's values.
Nicolás Dujovne, the treasury minister, tried to win back investor confidence by cutting the target for this year's primary budget deficit (ie, before interest payments) from 3.2% to 2.7%.
This is similar to when Trump tried to win over House Republicans on their bill earlier this year -- the President did not appear interested in in discussing detailed policy.
The Yellow Jackets tried to win it with a two-point conversion, but Marshall was stopped at the line and his desperation pass fell incomplete to end the game.
The Libyan fund also argued that Goldman tried to win influence by providing an internship to Haitem Zarti, the younger brother of Mustafa Zarti, the fund's deputy executive officer.
The National Rifle Association made a relatively late endorsement of Donald Trump's candidacy, and he in turn tried to win over remaining skeptics of his commitment to gun rights.
He even tried to win Russian support for the deal by placing a phone call directly to a Kremlin staffer to ask for help securing financing for the deal.
While Republicans since Ronald Reagan have tried to win over Democrats by promising they can offer a better deal, in Wisconsin many have learned that this is not the case.
On Wednesday, campaigners from both sides tried to win over the estimated 10 percent of the 46.5 million electorate who polls suggest had still not decided which way to vote.
It has also tried to win over the few countries that still have full diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and regularly deploys warships and fighter jets dangerously close to the island.
"I've tried to win in the auction since last year, so I'm really happy," said Onodera, whose company has restaurants in New York and Singapore as well as in Japan.
Its new leader, 31-year-old Luigi Di Maio, had campaigned tirelessly in Sicily since the summer as the maverick movement tried to win control of its first Italian region.
Following this devastating news, Apple tried to win back our love by introducing some great alternative headphone options — shining a big spotlight on the new $159 wireless headphones, called AirPods.
While Najib tried to win back favor following Donald Trump's election, meeting the American leader in Washington in late 2017, it did not stop the Justice Department's pursuit of him.
The women tried to win over men who were simultaneously their lovers and oppressors with an excruciatingly slow, patient drive to change their minds — remember all those petitions and referendums.
"We got real stagnant," said Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma, who was reduced to a spectator on the court late in the game as James tried to win it by himself.
How in but one of many feats of eating prowess, Kasich found himself in the Bronx, and tried to win over the borough by housing an ungodly amount of Italian food?
Wikistrat, a Washington-based company that analyzes geopolitical issues, has worked for the United Arab Emirates, which tried to win U.S. backing for a regional blockade on Qatar, the Journal reported.
After Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, after that last chance they tried to win a championship, then a plethora of injuries, I think this last year was really a Kobe year.
In the USHL, the Saints would set up their power plays with Gaudreau behind the net and wait for him to act, finding amusement as opponents tried to win the puck.
But he was back at the stadium a week later cheering on his favorite team Aston Villa as they tried to win promotion to the Premier League (they lost to rivals Fulham).
Devastated after being dumped by Bachelorette Emily Maynard in 2012, the former race-car driver even futilely tried to win her back after the show ended, eventually retreating home to Scottsdale, Arizona.
In summer and autumn 22008, as Germany tried to win a decisive battle on the Western Front, it was as if each dead German soldier was replaced by a living American one.
The cocktail party was probably the most entertaining part of the entire episode because it largely consisted of watching 193 grown men fall over themselves as they desperately tried to win JoJo over.
Political campaigns at the time were largely tribal: Citywide candidates often tried to win over a coalition of so-called white ethnic voters who identified with the "three I's" — Ireland, Israel and Italy.
Buttigieg tried to win over black voters with a range of events in the state, while Klobuchar spent barely any time in South Carolina in the week leading up to the state's primary.
Tony and Laura Cupp, 36 and 33, picked up WELD T-shirts, which they intended to use Monday when they went to their local Republican caucus and tried to win him some votes.
Protesters have spoken out against the highly unpopular Republican Obamacare replacement effort during both the House's passage of a similar version and while the Senate tried to win votes for its own plan.
More than three years after a series of food-borne illnesses at restaurants tarnished the burrito chain's reputation, the company has tried to win back customers through fresh menus and targeted marketing campaigns.
Tens of thousands of protesters staged an anti-extradition march the next day through one of the most popular tourist shopping areas in Kowloon, where they tried to win support from mainland Chinese tourists.
Schwarber hit his first home run since he returned to the Cubs following a demotion to Triple-A Iowa, as Chicago tried to win consecutive games for the first time since June 20-20.
As part of its case, the Libyan fund leveled accusations that Mr. Kabbaj had tried to win influence by providing entertainment and gifts to members of the wealth fund's staff, including iPods and chocolates.
But these Iowans that Cruz has tried to win over were rarely convinced by those arguments, which they see as B-list concerns to the RFS that Cruz wants to phase out within five years.
Demos plays a linen-wearing, environment-loving former Peace Corps volunteer who tried to win the heart of the suitress — but got his man bun cut off and slept with a producer in the process.
As May tried to win over her critics, MPs from both her own Conservatives and opposition parties attacked the deal, warning that parliament would not support it, and urging her to set out an alternative plan.
The announcement by Katumbi, a multi-millionaire and former governor of Congo's copper mining region, had been expected for months but was delayed as he tried to win support from across the spectrum of a fractious opposition.
Even as Obama tried to win votes, he did not paper over the duality of the American condition: its idealism and its injustices; its heroism in the fight against Fascism and its bloody misadventures before and after.
In the clearest example of how tech has stumbled as it has tried to win over an unfamiliar crop of policymakers, Facebook has quickly become a target because of its plans to launch the Libra digital currency.
In her plodding style, she tried to win over various interest groups by offering something for everyone: strengthened workers' rights to please the Labour left, an option for MPs to vote for a second referendum to entice Remainers.
Ever since Dwight Eisenhower tried to win over New Deal Democrats by promising that Republicans would do a better job keeping the country safe against communism, the GOP has been employing different ways to get this job done.
Navalny, a 42-year-old lawyer who says he wants to succeed Vladimir Putin as president, has tried to win the support of a young demographic, including teenagers, some of whom have attended his nationwide anti-Kremlin protests.
None of the trio who finished on the podium tried to win any of the three intermediate sprints, preferring instead to stay well back in the peloton and save their legs for the final push for a medal.
Krzykowski recalled that, as a child, her sister had occasionally stood up to their father, whereas she had always tried to win his affection by impressing him; when this failed, as it invariably did, she retreated into herself.
The government has tried to win public support for the austerity measures with a billboard campaign and media blitz and also sought to expand social security schemes to shield the poorest from the effects of the rising prices.
ISWA - which split from Boko Haram in 2016 - has tried to win over local people by digging wells, giving out seeds and providing safe pasture for herders in a bid to form an administration around the shores and islands.
In a weeklong series of appearances in national and local media, de Blasio has expressed disgust with Bloomberg's bid for the presidency — the same office de Blasio tried to win, before his anemic campaign fell apart earlier this year.
Back in August, the New York Times's Alan Rappeport wrote about Trump's troubles there, Hillary Clinton wrote an op-ed in the Deseret News in which she tried to win over Mormon voters, and Bill Clinton made a fundraising swing there.
PARIS (Reuters) - French conservative presidential candidate Francois Fillon tried to win over party critics at a meeting on Saturday at a time when polls show him losing some momentum due to what some say is too radical an economic reform program.
He once again summoned Shreve from the bullpen, looking to stay afloat with the hope that the lineup could squeeze out one more run as the Yankees tried to win for just the second time in their last eight games.
D. has tried to win the support of immigrants from former Soviet states — who in Germany have tended to vote conservative — believing them more likely to be receptive to the party's politics, including support for closer ties to the Russian government.
He certainly tried to win the case, but he was so confident in his station and the sturdiness of double standards that he became complacent, assuming that a desultory smearing of Pollard as a "wanton" and "experienced woman" would be enough.
Four years from now, all of the money Qatar has spent, all of the players it has bought for P.S.G. and all the stadiums it has built, all of the hearts and minds it has tried to win, will be forgotten.
The decision by Force Ouvrière was significant because last year when François Hollande, then the president, tried to win approval for changes in France's labor laws, its members took to the streets along with the most hard-line union, the CGT.
While Blackstone has tried to win over the management for its terms, Unizo turned to Dallas-based Lone Star as a white-knight, agreeing to create an entity that would be 73% owned by Unizo employees and 27% by Lone Star.
At ADP Ackman said that investors earned a 51% return while his firm pocketed a $1.2 billion gain on an investment that started with a noisy fight two years ago when he tried to win board seats for himself and two associates.
Ahead of Sunday's re-run vote in Istanbul, the AKP tried to win over Kurdish voters with a less confrontational campaign, only to find that the change of tack had angered some supporters of its nationalist ally, the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP).
Clinton could have dug in and tried to win the places that Barack Obama had won in 463 and attempt to recreate the Obama coalition; instead, she tried to broaden the map and win in what had been red states for years.
The bank's handling of the crisis tarnished its reputation just as it tried to win more market share in Britain and offset a squeeze in margins in its Spanish home market as a result of ultra low interest rates in the euro zone.
Earlier, Transport Minister Chris Grayling tried to win over lawmakers who represent constituencies far away from Heathrow by saying the government would safeguard connections between the country's main hub airport and regional cities, including making some routes exempt from air passenger taxes.
The bank's handling of the crisis has tarnished its reputation just as it tried to win more market share in Britain and offset a squeeze in margins in its Spanish home market as a result of ultra low interest rates in the euro zone.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's Tidjane Thiam, under pressure after a more than 40 percent fall in the bank's share price since taking over, tried to win over the Swiss public on Monday by donning a cape to march in one of Switzerland's most festive traditions.
It's the conclusion of someone who has tried to win change amid Democratic and Republican Congresses, who has worked out of the White House and out of the Capitol, who has watched disagreement and polarization prove intractable, who has seen grand plans die amid gridlock.
He found the Border Patrol, all right, but instead of being handed over to his mother, José was sent to a foster care facility in New York, where he was held for nearly eight months as his mother tried to win permission for his release.
It's the conclusion of someone who has tried to win change amidst Democratic and Republican Congresses, who has worked out of the White House and out of the Capitol, who has watched disagreement and polarization prove intractable, who has seen grand plans die amidst gridlock.
In past dealings, Republicans have tried to win these reforms — which they describe as ending "chain migration" but Democrats call "family reunification" — in exchange for a pathway to citizenship for the broader group of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.
And he had incentive to cooperate again in the run-up to the 2016 election, as he tried to win permission to travel more easily to the United States, where he has long sought more freedom to do business and greater acceptance as a global power broker.
In story after story, Sater is described as Donald Trump's former business partner, a convicted stock swindler who was born in the Soviet Union, worked in Russia, tried to win Trump a deal in Moscow, and even helped broker a Ukrainian peace plan that Vladimir Putin would have loved.
During the discussion, part of a series of meetings where the men tried to win Saudi funding for their plan, General Assiri's top aides inquired about killing Qassim Suleimani, the leader of the Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps and a man considered a determined enemy of Saudi Arabia.
Republican strategists tried to win in 2012 by making the election a referendum on Obama, since hatred of Obama was the one unifying force mobilizing Republican voters, and presidential advertising in 2012 was more negative than ever before, with only 14 percent of presidential ads classified as "positive" by the Wesleyan Media Project.
Consider the romantic words of "Lovely Rita," for instance: Lovely Rita meter maid May I inquire discreetly When are you free to take some tea with me Took her out and tried to win her Had a laugh and over dinner Told her I would really like to see her again Beautiful.
Over Wiener schnitzel in Salzburg, May tried to win over the leaders of the European Union by effectively asking them what they would do if they were asked to agree a "legal separation" of their countries — something she says the EU is asking for by insisting Northern Ireland might stay under EU economic rules.
But the handful of "Rentheads" who slept by the stage door overnight, seeking cheap tickets to that show two decades ago, have become the 50,000 people who tried to win a digital lottery for $10 "Hamilton" tickets, causing a website crash that forced the show to return to drawing pieces of paper from a pail outside the theater.
Instead, prominent progressives like Bernie Sanders have tried to win over young voters by praising rappers like Cardi B. It's difficult to imagine a Democratic strategist advising a future presidential nominee to "claim and achieve record deportations of criminal aliens," as the mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, did when he worked for President Bill Clinton in 1996.
If England declares itself fine with the outcome — it tried to win a match many said it would be better off losing, and wound up with a preferable path in the knockouts anyway — it did not discover a player that will give Gareth Southgate pause to consider a change when he makes out his lineup for Colombia.
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