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• The Mets‘ top overall prospect tried to rehab the wrist to no avail.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
• Neighbors searched the area late into the night, to no avail.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 July 2024
• Trump's team tried again to have the order lifted, to no avail.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
• The officer tried to pull the driver over, to no avail.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2023
• The neighbor attempted to bang pots and pans to ward off the cub to no avail.
  — Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 28 June 2024
• The driver was pursued at high speed by Mr. Asaro to no avail.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Warriors coach Steve Kerr challenged the call but to no avail.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2024
• After not finding her there, Joel looked around the house to no avail.
  — Devoun Cetoute Miami Herald (tns), al, 7 July 2023
• Refsnyder dived, but to no avail, and the ball rolled to the warning track.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2023
• In 1959, the year Rick Caruso was born, his father’s appeal reached the state Supreme Court, to no avail.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• Streep tried to comfort her by putting her hand on her shoulder, but to no avail.
  — Carita Rizzo, Peoplemag, 25 May 2024
• For the past four years, Gonzalez has tried to enroll LR in the program to no avail.
  — Isabella Cueto, STAT, 17 July 2023
• Since the sightings, Lawson and her colleagues have worked to track down the creature, but to no avail.
  — Jeremy Childs, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• Trump allies have tried to impress on him since Harris moved up to the top of the ticket, to no avail.
  — Brian Bennett, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
• Detectives on the ground also searched, but to no avail.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024
• Heavy machinery could be seen digging through the area, but to no avail.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2023
• Winter months: The district works with the state on a new plan to remove its deficit spending, to no avail.
  — The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2024
• The pregnant woman tried to alert someone at the home on Merle Hay Road, but to no avail.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
• The United States has tried the tactic numerous times, to no avail.
  — Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 6 Dec. 2023
• Hospital staff tried a few times to follow up to no avail.
  — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 May 2024
• Some of the farmers complained to the local government, to no avail.
  — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
• Jennifer Crumbley's lawyer tried to keep the video and photos out, but to no avail.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 11 Feb. 2024
• That’s one of the recipes customers have been requesting from Berger — to no avail.
  — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
• The handful of police officers tried to quell the carnage to no avail.
  — Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2024
• Before the game, staff tried catching the bats with nets or dispersing them with loud noise, to no avail.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
• Millions of dollars have been spent combing the depths for her Electra, to no avail.
  — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
• Facing a major loss of power, Mr. Prigozhin railed loudly against the move, to no avail.
  — Paul Sonne, New York Times, 10 July 2023
• Initially, the firm sought to bid on Paramount Global alone to no avail.
  — Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 11 June 2024
• There were multiple instances where Jean called for hands up to no avail.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
• As a janitor, Kristofferson had been trying to get Cash to listen to his work, but to no avail.
  — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024