He tried but failed to speak the dead woman's name.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

He tried to pick one up,but failed.

VOA: special.2010.05.01

James led the Cavaliers to the best record in the NBA the past two seasons, but failed to deliver a finals berth.

VOA: standard.2010.07.08

U.S.envoy George Mitchell met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but failed to achieve a breakthrough on a halt to Jewish settlement expansion.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Two weeks later, four more would-be bombers tried, but failed to attack underground trains.

VOA: standard.2010.04.01

The show had 22 nominations, but failed to live up to its promise.

VOA: standard.2009.09.21

South Korean parliamentary opponents of a major free-trade deal with the United States got physical in a committee hearing room, but failed to prevent the deal from advancing toward ratification.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Barro said President Obama spoke at length about the death toll from the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington but failed to address how many people have been killed by U.S.troops in Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

But people who knew her said failed marriages, and the failure of her latest movie also led to her death.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

But the country has been split in half since a failed overthrow in two thousand two led to armed conflict.

VOA: special.2010.10.26

His boat crossed the Antarctic Circle in three places, but he still failed to sight land.

VOA: special.2009.06.03

But the violence and threats by insurgents failed to stop millions of Iraqis from voting.

VOA: special.2010.03.13

But having forced President Johnson out of office, McCarthy failed to win the nomination.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

But they could not prove their charges, and their effort failed by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

But,during the past three years, some have failed to fly south.

VOA: special.2010.03.02

But the Senate failed in the effort by one vote.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But he never failed to write his newspaper column.

VOA: special.2009.11.01

But attempts to negotiate a peace treaty failed.

VOA: special.2009.02.26

That invasion failed. But the second one succeeded.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

But Mister Blackwell's business there failed.

VOA: special.2010.09.12

But in the end Rommel's attack failed.

VOA: special.2011.06.02

But all my experiments failed.

VOA: special.2009.07.25