• Rep. Hensarling has tried several times to slip Fannie and Freddie into the bill.

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  • Attempts to make the redistricting rules fairer have been tried several times, and have always failed.

    ECONOMIST: California

  • Watson tried several times to run away, and lived briefly in a Catholic boarding home for wayward children.

    NEWYORKER: Neptune��s Navy

  • Unlike TR, Bryan never became president, though he tried several times.

    FORBES: Obama and the Populists

  • Mr Philpott said he tried several times to smash the window into his daughter Jade's back bedroom from outside but could not get into the house.

    BBC: Derby

  • Struggling with exploding costs, the French government has tried several times--only to back off in the face of a public outcry--to prod doctors into using only standardized treatments.

    FORBES: Uncommon Sense

  • The deputy prime minister, who has tried several times previously to give up the habit, told Sky News he could not "make bold predictions" about staying the course.

    BBC: Nick Clegg: I've given up 'the ciggies'

  • In the Montgomery Voters' League, she helped would-be voters weave their way through the Jim Crow tests designed to keep them from the ballot, and tried several times to register to vote herself.

    ECONOMIST: Rosa Parks

  • She said the weekend before her husband had died she had tried several times to call a welfare officer at the barracks but gave up when all she could reach was an answer phone.

    BBC: Chetwynd Barracks, Chilwell

  • He tried several times to make growth appear as if it was in line with his 4 percent forecast earlier in the year, citing 2.5 percent growth in agribusiness GDP, up 10 percent annualized and 1.1 percent industrial sector growth, up 4.4 percent.

    FORBES: Brazil Economy Not What It Once Was

  • In an interview with a Melbourne radio station 3AW, Rhys Holleran - whose company Southern Cross Austereo owns 2DayFM - said his staff had tried several times to make contact with Mrs Saldanha and another nurse at the King Edward VII's Hospital to get their permission to use the prank conversation before it was transmitted.

    BBC: DJs Mel Greig and Michael Christian

  • We tried it several more times, Youssif getting more excited with each shove of his car.

    CNN: Crashing cars on the carpet with Youssif

  • Their bodies were found Saturday evening by friends who had tried to reach them several times during the day.

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  • She has tried to do that several times in the past, but the result did not taste very nice.

    ECONOMIST: Salt-tolerant rice

  • Casandra, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, health advocate, tried the female condom several times, because she wanted to be able to answer questions about it.

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  • Several times they tried to maul their way over from close range but they were kept at bay by magnificent Leinster defence and all they could manage was a Goode penalty.

    BBC: Leinster 22-9 Leicester

  • If it's after hours, the on-call physician may suggest you go to the emergency room for an evaluation and removal, especially if you've tried to remove the contact several times or are experiencing eye pain or redness.

    CNN: How can I safely remove a stuck contact lens?

  • Today, several times, I tried to at least give Senator Lugar an opportunity to respond.

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  • Mr Murphy put it to Mr Ege that on the day of Yaseen's death he argued with his wife, pushed her to the ground and when their son tried to intervene he kicked him several times.

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  • Mr Paterson repeated several times that he had inherited a log jam from Labour and tried his best to steer a way forward.

    BBC: Paterson grabs moral high ground

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