One by one, the brothers tried to break the bundle, and each failed.

这几兄弟一个接一个地去折这捆筷子，但都失败了。

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He failed at each one. He tried farming,for example, and failed.

VOA: special.2010.02.11

Two previous military offensives in the last two years against the Swat Taliban failed to push them from the valley, and after each time the militants returned even stronger.

VOA: standard.2009.05.07

But he's gone through 12 of these plans, and each time they have failed.

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But some, he felt, still had a flicker of viability in them, and each time the team failed to sustain it.

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It was cagey and tight but both sides cancelled each other out and the chances were limited to one failed shot at goal by Thomas.

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