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In Game 5 on Tuesday, Florida challenged Charlie McAvoy’s go-ahead goal against Sergei Bobrovsky in the second period for goaltender interference to no avail.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Bewildered by his mother's bizarre insistence on staying at the store, David (McGregor) enlists his siblings to speak with their mother and convince her to leave to no avail.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Democrats during the meeting tried to encourage the Republicans to meet after the formal meeting to discuss PFAS, to no avail.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Hospital staff tried a few times to follow up to no avail.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
On Sunday, Canfora says students held a peaceful sit-on on campus, calling on the university president to get the National Guard off campus, to no avail.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 May 2024
Encinas said officers set up a perimeter outside the home and attempted to negotiate with the woman to exit the home to no avail.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
That’s one of the recipes customers have been requesting from Berger — to no avail.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
World & Nation States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them
March 1, 2024
A year before Aidan turned 22, the family started looking for day programs in their Highland Park community, to no avail.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
Bewildered by his mother's bizarre insistence on staying at the store, David (McGregor) enlists his siblings to speak with their mother and convince her to leave to no avail.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 10 May 2024
Democrats during the meeting tried to encourage the Republicans to meet after the formal meeting to discuss PFAS, to no avail.
—Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2024
Hospital staff tried a few times to follow up to no avail.
—Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
On Sunday, Canfora says students held a peaceful sit-on on campus, calling on the university president to get the National Guard off campus, to no avail.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 May 2024
Encinas said officers set up a perimeter outside the home and attempted to negotiate with the woman to exit the home to no avail.
—Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
That’s one of the recipes customers have been requesting from Berger — to no avail.
—Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
World & Nation States offer services for disabled kids, then make their families wait 10 years for them
March 1, 2024
A year before Aidan turned 22, the family started looking for day programs in their Highland Park community, to no avail.
—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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“To no avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20no%20avail. Accessed 19 May. 2024.
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