He attempted to escape multiple times but to no avail.
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I probably asked a half dozen strangers to no avail.
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But it was to no avail — the polls barely budged.
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His parents attempt to reason with him, to no avail.
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He has tried to communicate with her, to no avail.
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I tried to "click" it back in, to no avail.
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I tried to find other unblockable profiles to no avail.
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She, and my nieces, tried to resuscitate to no avail.
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I kept hitting refresh, over and over to no avail.
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He tried to hand Henson the microphone — to no avail.
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All of this, so far, has been to no avail.
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Emergency responders tried to administer CPR but to no avail.
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Volunteers have helped authorities search for Quintal, to no avail.
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For years, they've tried to have children to no avail.
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"I begged and pleaded," she said, but to no avail.
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F. looked for her once in America, to no avail.
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The Klimaseniorinnen try to charm them, but to no avail.
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Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani tried for president, to no avail.
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Mr. Bloomberg strongly objected to the monitor, to no avail.
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Gaetz tried appealing to the House parliamentarian to no avail.
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"One at a time," a moderator interjected, to no avail.
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The Defense Department whispered about his patriotism — to no avail.
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Callas's Tosca tries to shut him up, to no avail.
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Ahmed asked for the phone back, but to no avail.
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Oosthuizen tried to bend the club back but to no avail.
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Sunday night following a domestic violence call but to no avail.
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He said he tried to reason with students, to no avail.
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"Please don't put this on Youtube," he added, to no avail.
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TechCrunch reached out to the ministry several times to no avail.
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US automakers have screamed about this for decades, to no avail.
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Shareholders have grumbled about pay at Naspers before, to no avail.
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I tried to offer my PB&J sandwich to no avail.
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She said she has appealed several times, but to no avail.
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Boston also had three baserunners to no avail in the seventh.
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Bezeq, Israel's largest telecoms company, appealed the decision to no avail.
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The bank tried repeatedly to contact Mr Cotten, to no avail.
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Many victims made phone calls to the FBI to no avail.
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We're told Scott's friends have tried to intervene to no avail.
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Many adults had attempted to capture her, but to no avail.
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They put a chokehold on the senator, but to no avail.
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Manager Bryan Price came out to argue, but to no avail.
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He spent hours blocking and reporting abusive posts, to no avail.
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They advise families to stay away but sometimes to no avail.
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They spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania — to no avail.
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One detainee filed multiple requests for specialty care, to no avail.
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Trump made the request on several occasions -- each to no avail.
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I also tried turning off Samsung's Scene Optimizer to no avail.
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It was to no avail — until Mills gave it a shot.
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Microsoft employees also have protested, but thus far to no avail.
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Several of the victims tried this process to no avail, though.
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They spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania to no avail.
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Officers say they tried to talk Gaines down to no avail.
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They tried to negotiate with a mayoral commission to no avail.
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She asked about a job in the kitchen, to no avail.
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He had been seeking truffles for two hours, to no avail.
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One shows the antidepressants one survivor takes daily to no avail.
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He said he tried all types of treatment, to no avail.
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Charleston Coach Earl Grant was understandably apoplectic, but to no avail.
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The commissioner tried reaching him, to no avail, the person said.
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Ms. Raymond searched for more than two years, to no avail.
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The Conservatives courted them in the 2017 election, to no avail.
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But we've heard this song many times before to no avail.
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I again begged to remain in the communities, to no avail.
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Pirates manager Clint Hurdle argued to no avail and was ejected.
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Both soon recanted, saying they were coerced, but to no avail.
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Ms. A-B- attempted to secure state protection to no avail.
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It was to no avail — he was ordered back to Iran.
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Many men tried to oppress St. Margaret, but to no avail.
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Residents tried to convince the manager otherwise, but to no avail.
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She said she urged him to calm down, to no avail.
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She and Jim tried to have a baby, to no avail.
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Faced with an unforgiving predicament, Peters sprawled out to no avail.
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Search parties combed the area for two months, to no avail.
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She also contacted several city and state monitors, to no avail.
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Kristol met with Romney in early May, again to no avail.
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Tuttle repeatedly asked for a refund through mid-March, to no avail.
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Guzman says he again pleaded with Singer to stop, to no avail.
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She performs a spell over Jon's body, but seemingly to no avail.
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Toki says it tried settling with Ye and Co., to no avail.
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Family and friends spent days trying to contact Eastman, to no avail.
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Hashian was treated with CPR and a defibrillator onboard, to no avail.
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Many, many people tried to explain this to Pierson—to no avail.
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The NFL sought to get the case dismissed, but to no avail.
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Phillips said searchers scoured the park all day Sunday, to no avail.
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Nathan tried to make things right with them but to no avail.
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Some neighbors claim they've tried reaching out to Zuckerberg, to no avail.
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Pollock struck out as he flailed to no avail at a changeup.
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The band urged Trump to stop using the song, to no avail.
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When that did not work, it complained publicly, again to no avail.
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TechCrunch sent several emails to Guardzilla prior to publication, to no avail.
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Ken tried to track her down in North Carolina, to no avail.
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New York City officials tried to track it down, to no avail.
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They did remove the goaltender for an extra attacker, to no avail.
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Isakson said he discussed the matter with Flake, but to no avail.
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Employees asked Palantir leadership to cancel the ICE contract, to no avail.
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Using a screwdriver, he tried to cut it open, to no avail.
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Marsch switched to three strikers, then back to two, to no avail.
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Have we become a community of lampooners repeating ourselves to no avail?
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In fact, A$AP tried to diffuse the situation, to no avail.
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I have complained to the super and building management, to no avail.
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R&O has requested copies of the invoices, but to no avail.
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Sometimes you'll spend an hour on just one question to no avail.
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Meanwhile, Piper (Taylor Schilling) scrambles desperately to keep up, to no avail.
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He spoke to the government and scooter companies, but to no avail.
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The person showed up Thursday, knocked on Aaron's door, to no avail.
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Veterinarians had tried to save its life all week, to no avail.
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Japan repeatedly attempted to negotiate with the Russians but to no avail.
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We went down that path with fat and carbs, to no avail.
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I retraced my steps in the city that night to no avail.
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They sent a letter to the cafe demanding changes, to no avail.
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The Americans had tried calling their usual contacts but to no avail.
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Mr. Feldman, 57, put a hand against the opening, to no avail.
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They hoped to get medical help for her condition, to no avail.
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His delegates held signs reading, "Let Jerry Speak," but to no avail.
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One of his teammates tried to warn him but to no avail.
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He said he tried to reason with some students, but to no avail.
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The Verge has reached out to Walmart for comment, but to no avail.
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Executives at the network leaned on him to stay, but to no avail.
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Jughead tries to get him to finish that thought later, to no avail.
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We have tried to negotiate a settlement with the creditors to no avail.
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Moderators tried to incite a conflict between the two, but to no avail.
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Mr Ghosn had previously invited FCA to join the alliance, to no avail.
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The remaining accusations are ones that have been published before to no avail.
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A finger jabs repeatedly at the box with Trump's name to no avail.
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I've found myself searching for themes like that this season, to no avail.
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Syria first submitted a film for Oscar consideration last year, to no avail.
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He would make at least six attempts to get clean, to no avail.
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Giuliani seems to relish in touting himself in the lobby, to no avail.
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A quick ground search was conducted near the car, but to no avail.
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Many of the users tried a number of different fixes to no avail.
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I've tried a few workarounds over the last few months to no avail.
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The former presses Durant to help her get Aidan released, to no avail.
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He has urged drug companies to move to smaller drops — to no avail.
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She logged repeated calls to a company anti-harassment hotline, to no avail.
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From April to August, Frauenfelder tried hacking into his vault, to no avail.
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Plenty of women have been as careful as they could, to no avail.
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He complained through every legal channel and whistleblower-protection law to no avail.
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The producers at DR hired a researcher to find him, to no avail.
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Other neighbors apparently came down and tried to calm Resnicow, to no avail.
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Mr. Garza and the director of his ambulance company protested, to no avail.
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The people of Honduras have protested the Supreme Court decision to no avail.
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The U.K. pressed the U.S. to waive immunity to no avail, CNN reports.
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The Iraqi government has demanded that Turkey recall its troops, to no avail.
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Almost involuntarily, she found herself apologizing and begging to stay, to no avail.
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He said he has been waiting for McConnell to negotiate to no avail.
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Mr. Mejia tried pulling him up by his shirt, but to no avail.
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For years, he applied for tags through the lottery system, to no avail.
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They try to get her to nap with them, often to no avail.
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The House panels have been pursuing the documents for weeks to no avail.
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His baseball coaches pushed him not to play basketball, usually to no avail.
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Grassley's staff spent the day trying to contact Ford's attorneys to no avail.
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I failed out and went through a series of rehabs to no avail.
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Now let's say the MAC denies your claim; you object, to no avail.
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He decided to try it again two pitches later, but to no avail.
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She tried to land a similar job at another bank, to no avail.
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Mr. Zhou's protests that he was a mere amateur were to no avail.
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She also made rare calls to two union bosses, though to no avail.
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They couldn't feel a pulse, so CPR was performed ... but to no avail.
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The assistant teacher had threatened him with suspension from class, to no avail.
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She claims to have sent numerous cease and desist letters, but to no avail.
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In fact, it's spent millions of dollars on its diversity efforts, to no avail.
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Assyrian cultural organizations and politicians protested and notified the KRG — all to no avail.
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Over the years, Zahedi has occasionally tried his luck in Hollywood, to no avail.
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Their fight is almost comical at first — Danny hits Luke repeatedly, to no avail.
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Other attempts to track down the ship have been made before, to no avail.
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Thinking she was losing her mind, she consulted doctors and therapists to no avail.
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Their story was profiled on national TV shows like Unsolved Mysteries, to no avail.
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Del Taco points out this guy filed the same suit before to no avail.
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The doctor warned me, but to no avail: I got drunk again that night.
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Some residents have reportedly tried to contact The Wall Master himself, to no avail.
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Bob Corker (R-TN) about Trump's tweet threatening Kim multiple times, to no avail.
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In 2014 Mr Xi himself ordered that they be torn down, to no avail.
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Last weekend, I searched six stores for a hammock and stand to no avail.
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And the GOP actually tried to shame him for it, but to no avail.
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Mansour says he had applied for asylum in Turkey multiple times to no avail.
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Giving up almost an inch of height, Paul crowds Porzingis' space to no avail.
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Black, 73, and his stepson attempted to fight off Harper, but to no avail.
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We tried to track her down to give it back, but to no avail.
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He ran into the chamber, attempting to cast his ballot, but to no avail.
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Since then, Saito and his attorneys have pushed for his release to no avail.
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Kelley tried to publish both of these novels during his lifetime, to no avail.
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The Houston Rockets tried mightily to sign Llull last summer, but to no avail.
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They tried several unorthodox therapies, including surrounding him with a harem, to no avail.
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They threw everything they had at the pragmatist incumbent, Hassan Rouhani, to no avail.
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She said she's tried FEMA's 1-800 number for locating people, to no avail.
|
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He fought the cancellation to no avail and eventually agreed to a compromise solution.
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After that, they tried several more times to go to sleep, to no avail.
|
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Casals and Teeguarden said people tried approaching WTA throughout the years to no avail.
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Noor said he had instead tried to gain entrance into Canada—to no avail.
|
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TechCrunch spent a week trying to contact the developer, React Apps, to no avail.
|
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More than 90,000 people signed an online petition protesting the renaming, to no avail.
|
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Mr. Ghandour said the company did attempt to fix some issues, to no avail.
|
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The scout flagged the player, Jadon Sancho, to his superiors, but to no avail.
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He noted that more than $20 million was spent on Ossoff to no avail.
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When I arrived at my hotel I tried a different charger, to no avail.
|
|
Ms. Nixon, after all, deployed similar tactics in a statewide race to no avail.
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We're told she hoped to stage an intervention with June ... but to no avail.
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I tried and tried to think myself into the vat, but to no avail.
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BPD rushed to the scene (🚨🚓💨🚔🚨), but to no avail.
|
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The call brought Casey out of the dugout to argue, but to no avail.
|
|
Schumer had been negotiating with Vice President Mike Pence last weekend, to no avail.
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Over the next year, she went on a handful of interviews to no avail.
|
|
Cameron Collins called him back three more times, apparently to no avail, as well.
|
|
Olazábal tried anti-inflammatories and cortisone shots, to no avail, and endured countless tests.
|
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They have challenged the dividend sweep in court, but so far to no avail.
|
|
Meanwhile, she desperately called her daughter's cellphone, over and over again, to no avail.
|
|
Pyrotechnicians have been trying to produce brilliant blue fireworks for centuries, to no avail.
|
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On Friday, Schumer attempted to negotiate an immigration deal with Trump, to no avail.
|
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Edilberto Alatorre said he had also tried to reach his brother, to no avail.
|
|
But his effort was to no avail: Presley signed a contract with RCA instead.
|
|
Paramedics worked on Heron for 40 minutes trying to revive him, to no avail.
|
|
IMH sent a letter to Carter in August demanding its funds ... to no avail.
|
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"The doctors tried to bring her back to life but to no avail," he said.
|
|
Democrats have tried to get McConnell to approve the House-passed bills, to no avail.
|
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Vedder had been hired last year to mediate in the dispute, but to no avail.
|
|
Sweeny tried that for Keezley, because she was already taking long walks to no avail.
|
|
The tabby jumps around the backyard trying to catch the falling flakes to no avail.
|
|
Rangers right-hander Doug Fister (1-5) had another strong road start to no avail.
|
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In protest, she went on a three-day hunger strike in September to no avail.
|
|
I've tried to catch up Fox's hit series at least three times to no avail.
|
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She was nominated to serve on DC's federal district court, to no avail, last April.
|
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They have challenged it in the constitutional court three times since 2002, to no avail.
|
|
Oliver tries to perform CPR on the clearly-dead Simon, but it's to no avail.
|
|
Seemingly to no avail: European competition authorities are poised to block the deal next month.
|
|
The next day, Noelle attempts to report the incident to the administration, to no avail.
|
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I sat there for an hour, periodically launching treats across the apartment, to no avail.
|
|
The federal health ministry dispatched senior officials, hoping to placate them, but to no avail.
|
|
NASA has pinged it over 1,000 times in those gloomy eight months, to no avail.
|
|
Carl told me he tried to reach out to The Dice Dog to no avail.
|
|
We've been trying to get an update for days, to no avail -- no one's talking.
|
|
This time she took more care to distance herself from her father, to no avail.
|
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Directed by two courteous employees to an elevator, we pressed the button, to no avail.
|
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He tried in vain to convince the super to let him inside ... to no avail.
|
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Mexican border agents attempted to stop them at the Mexican border, but to no avail.
|
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Since then, other lawmakers have introduced similar versions of that amendment, but to no avail.
|
|
The family immediately started working to alert rescuers in Hope Springs, but to no avail.
|
|
The Justice Department has previously asked the Supreme Court to intervene, but to no avail.
|
|
Ms. Bell tried to defend Mr. Oliver as an equal-opportunity satirist, to no avail.
|
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The last two administrations have tried to break the Iran-Russia alliance to no avail.
|
|
Woodstock organizers scrambled to score a mass gathering permit several weeks ago, to no avail.
|
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To no avail: even the eminent cannot stem the tide of change in living languages.
|
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The one where you end up vigorously rubbing your sore, dry eyes to no avail?
|
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I spent the remainder of my early 20s playing the pharmaceutical lottery, to no avail.
|
|
Sia Bo's inexperience showed, as he tried to choke out his opponent to no avail.
|
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After James hit the ground, a nurse on set tried assisting ... apparently to no avail.
|
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She doesn't know what day it is and repeatedly asks for Caputo, to no avail.
|
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With only a vague auto-reply message, he called its emergency line to no avail.
|
|
To no avail: In November 21990, Proposition 21990 passed with 1873 percent of the vote.
|
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He would beg Mr. Howard to talk at meetings with studio chiefs to no avail.
|
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They took his hand and tried so hard to communicate with him, to no avail.
|
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Nursing home officials said they had appealed to the authorities for help, to no avail.
|
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Mr. Saito and his lawyers have sought his release at least twice, to no avail.
|
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She reported her missing the next day, after frantically searching for her to no avail.
|
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For hours, they lay pinned to the floor, shouting for their comrades to no avail.
|
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Hearing a rustle, he fires his long-barrelled gun at a tree, to no avail.
|
|
EMPIRE DINER Every few years, someone tries to revive this beloved throwback, to no avail.
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Doctors tried to treat the disorder with a number of methods, all to no avail.
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Like many who have bariatric surgery, she has tried diets and exercise to no avail.
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When cabs pulled up, I tried to talk to the migrants, largely to no avail.
|
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Like Riot, ISIS tried leveraging TamTam in the spring of 2018 but to no avail.
|
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Burger King mostly stuck to their burgers, but took a shot anyway, to no avail.
|
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For more than a year, Martin tried the protocol on brain tissue, to no avail.
|
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Hunter begged West to appeal to the first-base umpire, to no avail, of course.
|
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Two groups have been monitoring Oumuamua for alien radio signals, so far to no avail.
|
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His mother, frantic, tried pumping his chest, to no avail, and feared he was dead.
|
|
Obama has repeatedly tried to defund the program in his annual budget, to no avail.
|
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Martin says he's reached out to team Lindsay and Yossi several times to no avail.
|
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A witness says CPR was performed and a defibrillator was used but to no avail.
|
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Muskat from Malta, and she's tried repeatedly to represent her home country, to no avail.
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Al-Azhar has been trying to set up a TV station for years, to no avail.
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They pitched multiple projects to their professor over the course of the class, to no avail.
|
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Villanova tried to launch a deep, desperation three to tie it up, but to no avail.
|
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And for a very, very long time, I've been trying to find it, to no avail.
|
|
Teams of researchers and medical experts searched exhaustively to find the cause, but to no avail.
|
|
They've reached out to the US State Department and FBI, too, they say, to no avail.
|
|
Two caretakers riding on the elephant's back tried to calm it down, but to no avail.
|
|
Some donors have tried convincing Warren's staff to relax her rule forbidding fundraisers — to no avail.
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"I also ran — i am not kidding — 400 strategic mediation analyses to no avail..." Payne wrote.
|
|
Lindsey Graham and senior White House staffers Kellyanne Conway and Raj Shah — apparently to no avail.
|
|
The Frys appealed to no avail, so they appealed again, this time to the Supreme Court.
|
|
The safety operator struck the shuttle window, waved his hands, and yelled "stop," to no avail.
|
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Superman builds a super-computer and sets it to work on the question, to no avail.
|
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City officials tried to lure Uber last year, to no avail, according to the Miami Herald.
|
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Staff tried a number of deterrents, such as water sprays and fake birds, to no avail.
|
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We clamored to make our voices heard, both protesting and lobbying negotiators, all to no avail.
|
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Likewise, other users tried deleting and reinstalling Messenger but all to no avail, the bug persisted.
|
|
Defense attorneys had asked the judge not to allow those comments at trial to no avail.
|
|
The Fixers spend the next fifteen minutes attempting to replicate their earlier success, to no avail.
|
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According to the lawsuit, the neighbor demanded that Radnor tear down the deck ... to no avail.
|
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Hanson first tried to reach her father, but to no avail, her aunt Cathy Riordan said.
|
|
For months, Republican opponents of Donald J. Trump hit him on myriad issues, to no avail.
|
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I've asked her to stop, and I remove food when I can, but to no avail.
|
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I tried for more than 30 minutes to break out of the cycle, to no avail.
|
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I looked around for a ledge on which I could place my coffee, to no avail.
|
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F LeBron James campaigned for him to make the team last month but to no avail.
|
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However, they can't admit that, so they will do more of the same — to no avail.
|
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They've been fighting like hell to free her from his clutches -- so far, to no avail.
|
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She hangs blankets around her bunk bed to keep flies and mosquitoes out, to no avail.
|
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Helen Prager, a retired educator, told Tyler she had been trying for weeks to no avail.
|
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My congresswoman and senator have been responsive and sent letters on our behalf, to no avail.
|
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We had a routine, which involved play, bath, and reading a book, but to no avail.
|
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I tried pointing the Pixel multiple times at buildings across the street, but to no avail.
|
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When I finally gave up on that, I rinsed my eyes with water — to no avail.
|
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In September, officials excavated the Dawsons' former house in search of her body, to no avail.
|
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Jonathan says he replied "STOP" to get them to cancel the automated texts, to no avail.
|
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"If you can talk, you can breathe," Noah replies, attempting to reassure her to no avail.
|
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He even called Barra personally to press her not to close the plant, to no avail.
|
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By 2011, the United Nations declared the authority's government functions ready for statehood — to no avail.
|
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At times, Faye gently or forcefully challenges these retroactive assignments of meaning, but to no avail.
|
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Later, she recalls, her mother tried a boot-camp-style drug rehabilitation program, to no avail.
|
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All to no avail: As Dybala would say later, his anguish was too intense for solace.
|
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Suneja hauled his control column all the way back, giving full up elevator to no avail.
|
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RBNZ retained an easing bias and tried to talk down the currency, but to no avail.
|
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Having made his fortune and avoiding service, he tried to resettle in Germany to no avail.
|
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The US has tried pressuring the Russians into giving up the missile, but to no avail.
|
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She tried over-the-counter pain and sinus medicines, as well as acupuncture, to no avail.
|
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It was to no avail, according to email correspondence she shared with The New York Times.
|
|
His mother, Christy Carter, even tried her hand at making the knot but to no avail.
|
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Promises to soften the blow by increasing welfare payments to poor families were to no avail.
|
|
Cahill says she voiced her complaints to human resources at least four times to no avail.
|
|
I tried to make extra mashed potatoes, but to no avail, we eat all of them.
|
|
The university has searched for living relatives of both Hanly and Lennon but to no avail.
|
|
Over the years, he's made a few attempts at solving the Collatz conjecture, to no avail.
|
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Colombia protested the call to no avail as Reynaldo Rodriguez and outfielder Tito Polo were ejected.
|
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He's had a couple police visits lately too -- with attempts to 5150 him, to no avail.
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China has culled nearly a million pigs, set up roadblocks and built fences, to no avail.
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He had advocated abolition of slavery in Washington in 1849 as a congressman, to no avail.
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He also shot off a text message to the driver about the bag, to no avail.
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Afful tested Melia in the 36th minute from the top of the box to no avail.
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It's attempted to make a disappearing photo sharing app like Snapchat multiple times to no avail.
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Folwell also has broached renegotiating fee agreements with hundreds of existing fund managers, but to no avail.
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Residents, too, have tried to get Google to remove its bikes from the creek, to no avail.
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Other politicians have talked of their states leaving the Union in the past with to no avail.
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A fellow customer then walks over to the man and attempts the Heimlich maneuver, to no avail.
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Despite that, Nurse Hoffel (Kirstie Alley) tries her best to stab Chanel multiple times to no avail.
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And that's usually only after a patient has tried to quit heroin several times to no avail.
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When it sought a publisher to give the game a commercial release it struggled to no avail.
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" Enlisting the help of some "computer people," Abramovitz tried to trace the account, "but to no avail.
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Paul's Republican colleagues had also publicly signaled they wanted him to back down, but to no avail.
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His lifeless body was recovered and doctors performed CPR on him for 43 minutes to no avail.
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In a video posted to Rob's Snapchat, he instructs his future child to "move!" to no avail.
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Fully 93% of JNU's teachers' union voted in August to demand Mr Kumar's resignation—to no avail.
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He has spent years trying to convince the government to fund a skate park, to no avail.
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Additionally, the religion has predicted the literal end of the world several times, obviously to no avail.
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From the AP: Kuwait "showed a sincere desire to cooperate, but all to no avail," he said.
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I root around for a scrunchie in my bag and then in my desk to no avail.
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The sanctions, negotiations, and war of words with North Korea have been ultimately to no avail. Enough.
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After that text, surveillance video showed Zhang trying to flag down a bus, but to no avail.
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We're told CPR was administered, to no avail ... she was pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics.
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Prince Charles tried to get a baby Prince William to look at the camera to no avail.
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A volunteer group called Avro Recovery Canada has searched the lake bed numerous times to no avail.
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The family spent hundreds of dollars on ads in an attempt to locate Ginger, to no avail.
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I banged on the door to rouse the holy spirit from its slumber, but to no avail.
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Jackson, who was guarded by Irving, pleaded with the officials for a foul, but to no avail.
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In recent years, the tribe has tried to reclaim its land in court, but to no avail.
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Mr. Trump and his advisers tried repeatedly to change the subject to Islamic terrorism, to no avail.
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He tried various conditions — warm, wet, cool, dry, light, dark — to no avail: The eggs remained inert.
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I even resorted to coding my own hacks to try to improve these devices, to no avail.
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After a mild freakout, the kid tries to put the chunk of hair back to no avail.
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The Obama administration had tried to negotiate their release with the Egyptian government, but to no avail.
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Dr. Levin has proposed, again and again, sending another labeled release experiment to Mars, to no avail.
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Dozens of lawmakers have also called on their peers to end the research ban, to no avail.
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His opponents have been counting on the political system to stop this runaway train, to no avail.
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She tried online to no avail — she noted that King Arthur and other retailers were sold out.
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As the trolls continued to report the bot to no avail, we thought the problem was resolved.
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Mr. Kodua, 37, said he had called his roommate more than a dozen times, to no avail.
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During all this, a hot, weird bartender (Harry Connick Jr.) tries to woo her to no avail.
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Mr. Thompson said he repeatedly called 311, Nycha's borough office and the main headquarters to no avail.
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The residents' families had held meetings, consulted the county ombudsman and hired a lawyer, to no avail.
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Moussouris and her coworkers attempted to contact Lexar through any channel they could find, to no avail.
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Other passengers began trying to plug the hole with jackets and other objects but to no avail.
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With each North Korean nuclear or missile test, United States officials protest and threaten, to no avail.
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He asked Schumer and McConnell to consider doing the same this time, to no avail so far.
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He initially tried getting the case tossed by trashing his accuser's mental state but to no avail.
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U.S. officials reportedly tried to talk Turkey out of launching the military operation but to no avail.
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Argentina's central bank has tried to keep inflation in check through rate hikes, but to no avail.
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Narayan said that he had warned Modi, "Things will go out of hand," but to no avail.
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When that idea gained no traction, Tillerson proposed an American-sponsored meeting in Kuwait, to no avail.
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First the couple approached state officials about banning junk food in New Delhi schools — to no avail.
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Members opposed to impeachment denounced irregularities and called for the session to be postponed, to no avail.
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I was not happy about her choice at first and tried to dissuade her, but to no avail.
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With all their real apps on the second page, your friend will be tapping away to no avail.
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To compensate, Benanti removed gluten, eggs, beans, cruciferous vegetables and sugar from her diet — all to no avail.
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Nixon tried his best to spin what the secret documents told him to his advantage, to no avail.
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WNBC-TV reports a department Marine Bureau officer searched the home she was staying at, to no avail.
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A lot of that safety data, ironically, came from government efforts to demonize the drug, to no avail.
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Democrats and immigration advocates had pleaded for the Trump administration to extend the deadline, but to no avail.
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You may have tried everything from updating your profile to changing your location radius settings — to no avail.
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Ever the politician, Obama said he tried to "negotiate" less gray hair and smaller ears, to no avail.
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"I don't dislike you, it's just everything that you stand for," Lenny tries to explain, to no avail.
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And, let's not forget how many times the Trump campaign's obituary has been written before — to no avail.
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She's been trying to get the other account taken down since August of last year, to no avail.
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Bipartisan coalitions of which I was a part practically begged regulators to halt the merger, to no avail.
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I even tried to educate her about depression's stranglehold on a person's emotions and actions, to no avail.
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Morgan bandages her up and tries to pep talk her into coming back to Alexandria, to no avail.
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The parties haggled for weeks ... sending several dozen versions of the deal back and fourth, to no avail.
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For years, federal employees tried, to no avail, to track him down and serve him with the lawsuit.
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Some of the students tried to jump to safety as the floor gave way ... mostly to no avail.
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It said the state had been negotiating with Microsoft officials in Israel for a year to no avail.
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Mr Mallya has tried to settle his tab by offering the banks 40 billion rupees, to no avail.
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He noticed a tiny spot on his eye and tried to flush it several times to no avail.
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Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat, spent all four years in office attempting to expand the program, to no avail.
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Democrats poured money into a race that became the most expensive House contest ever, but to no avail.
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In 2628, the historic 28503th was expected to involve either Virginia or Arizona's State legislatures to no avail.
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The lettuce and tomatoes did their best to provide a little textural punch-up, but to no avail.
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We took evidence of the violent intentions of white supremacists directly to the city council, to no avail.
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Similarly, Republican donors and "#NeverTrump" conservative intellectuals did their darnedest to derail his candidacy; but to no avail.
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However, she grows to care for Aurora and even tries to reverse her own spell to no avail.
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A company spokesperson said Uber had pushed him to comply with its own internal investigations, to no avail.
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He spent some time before the game in a dark room to calm the pain, to no avail.
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And of course, there are the scores of other fighters who have called him out to no avail.
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The Texas legend has been voicing similar opinions for years to no avail—which doesn't mean he's wrong.
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Doctors and health advocates have been urging Americans to choose broccoli over brownies for years, to no avail.
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Vernon claims that he had requested the song be altered prior to its release, obviously to no avail.
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Jackson has looked for jobs ranging from a waiter to an assistant to the elderly, to no avail.
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She said she attended the presentation because she had tried looking for a job before, to no avail.
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They look as though they can hear this woman, Abbas's eyes searching for the source, to no avail.
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As many people have pointed out to no avail, Trump is all wrong about what trade deficits do.
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First, the chain tried a new marinade and then they revamped the cooking process, but to no avail.
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He has tried to have them evicted, so far to no avail: Their rental contract runs until 2022.
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The report shows that pilots on a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet followed Boeing's safety protocol, to no avail.
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They witnessed their elders fight to escape cycles of oppression for more promising prospects, largely to no avail.
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Others have told him it's disgusting to see the shells all over his desk, but to no avail.
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Last Wednesday, 27 City Council members sent a letter of objection to the mayor's plan, to no avail.
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Kennedy was able to escape the car and claims he repeatedly tried to free Kopechne to no avail.
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He had tried, like the Hopi elders, to warn the world of our ways, but to no avail.
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Several hundred Canadian fans ringing cowbells and blowing horns tried to lift their man but to no avail.
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In September, she joked to a Senate colleague that she was "fucking moving to Iowa", to no avail.
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Pizza Hut coworkers set out into the town to look for their missing colleague, but to no avail.
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The presidents of Liberia and Mauritania met with him to urge him to step down, to no avail.
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The Colts disputed that call to no avail and the Texans were able to run out the clock.
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Bailey's mother panicked at hearing the news and kept trying to reach her daughter, but to no avail.
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My father, a professor of chemical engineering, tried for years to help me with math, to no avail.
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In his battle with Hercules over a nymph, he is transformed into a bull (to no avail, alas).
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He tried pulling the gator's mouth open, to no avail, and the gator dragged Lane into deep water.
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"I called, FB messaged, faxed, emailed and tweeted Apple exhaustively last week to no avail," she tweeted last night.
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Before Harris stepped in, a fellow customer attempted to perform the Heimlich on the choking diner to no avail.
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Turkish authorities have called for the Saudi assailants to be tried in Turkey but so far to no avail.
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"I said, 'Give him a chance, because he really can play,'" Collins says she argued, but to no avail.
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Over the past year, there have been a few attempts at stemming this growing tide, but to no avail.
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Its announced demolition in 217 sparked numerous protests, but to no avail — it was torn down the following year.
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They then tried another location to no avail before taking Hurst to a dimly-lit empty supermarket parking lot.
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Bereft of superpowers, Too Much Coffee Man often attempts to salve his depressions with more coffee -- to no avail.
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Aren, a 4-year veteran of the force, was rushed to a nearby veterinary facility but to no avail.
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He said he asked a minister with the health care commission for it over and over to no avail.
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The parents brought their son to court after spending three months trying to kick him out, to no avail.
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But she had already been down that road, having exchanged messages and phone calls with Uconnect to no avail.
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She even drew a giant letter "H" in the snow with ashes from the fire, but to no avail.
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As she grew up, the lock of every door and cupboard in the monastery was tested, to no avail.
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The four non-vanished men on the island continued their search for days but it was to no avail.
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Local NBC affiliate WKYC enlisted a retired engineer to survey the area with a spectrum analyzer, to no avail.
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Jeanne Shaheen was skeptical, noting the military has promised to remedy internal sexual abuse problems before to no avail.
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The 6-year-old's superhero dad, however, struggled to secure the bike inside Elon Musk's handiwork -- to no avail.
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After attempting to free her son on her own to no avail, Choe resorted to calling 911 for help.
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Two of the students who reported their assaults to no avail dropped out of USU after filing their reports.
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Her camp says they've been trying to figure this out without a judge stepping in, but to no avail.
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A city official showed up in hopes of alleviating the situation and explaining the misunderstanding, but to no avail.
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Furthermore, Nurmagomedov and Ferguson have significant history together, having been scheduled two times to no avail in the past.
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It even knows how many times I've Googled "Panera Bread delivery" (to no avail)... All in all, intimate stuff!
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Ken Pollack said that McMaster thought a lot about how to improve his relationship with Trump, to no avail.
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However, the Senate and industry proponents have been trying, to no avail, to get the House to sign on.
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The administration had tried to circumvent the appeals courts and involve the Supreme Court early on to no avail.
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Labor groups pledged to "knock on tens of thousands of doors" with the minimum wage message to no avail.
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Dousing the charcoals and flame with lighter fluid, hoping for a "big flaming inferno," will be to no avail.
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There were allegations that Liston put a foreign agent on his gloves to blind Ali, but to no avail.
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I will attempt a dozen times over the course of the holiday to see the grave, to no avail.
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Velasco, 303, had seen 40 doctors about the disease and tried dozens of drugs and treatments, to no avail.
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It was to no avail; Moscow denied that the Russian fighters on the ground were connected to Russia's military.
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After meeting the malevolent headmistress (Patricia Clarkson) and her bullying classmates, Heather pleads to return home to no avail.
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Wells Fargo tried, through standard court procedures including a motion to dismiss, to kill the lawsuit, to no avail.
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The Los Angeles Times reports that multiple neighbors complained about the paint job to city officials to no avail.
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The police released a sketch of the baby's face and the towel as recently as 2016, to no avail.
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The ministry has for several years lobbied for Russia to build a modern microchip plant, but to no avail.
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But so far, to no avail — markets continue to crumble and U.S. equity futures are down 22% this morning.
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I tried to make up for my loneliness with games and friends from the internet, but to no avail.
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Security tries to separate it to no avail, and at least 2 more men join in on the ruckus.
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She enrolls in singing lessons to no avail, but her partner (Hugh Grant) keeps up a charade of improvement.
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They'd repeatedly voiced their concern, on the steps of the capitol and at Governor Snyder's office, to no avail.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden in 2011, repeatedly tried to rein in Baghdadi, to no avail.
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They began by searching genetic data collected from more than 200,000 people around the world — but to no avail.
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"The whole credit card industry has been praying to get into China to no avail, until now," Cramer said.
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The gunships circled and started shooting at him — to no avail, which really upset the colonel in our helicopter.
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Trump's administration has asked courts to allow that policy to go into effect, but so far to no avail.
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I've implored local and state politicians for help (especially for the dysfunctional bus system) for years to no avail.
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Lowey then called Leahy and asked him to reach out to his friend, which he did to no avail.
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He tried to resolve the issue internally and even sought the help of the NSC, but to no avail.
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After taking another "Omeprazole" to no avail the next day, it occurred to me to look at the container.
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She used to be peppered with questions about her demonstratively chatty and occasionally tactless father, Richard, to no avail.
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Santander's environmentalists and some citizen groups took the project as far as Spain's Supreme Court, but to no avail.
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They also pulled Lundqvist for an extra skater with a little more than two minutes left to no avail.
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As we reported, June's family is desperately trying to get her help and away from Geno, to no avail.
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The House in particular tried to repeal or otherwise cripple the law — to no avail — literally dozens of times.
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At gatherings in different cities, the activists repeatedly asked the Taliban for a cease-fire, always to no avail.
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Murphy says his company was set to spend more than $5 mil on the PSA ... but to no avail.
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As Strowman quickly climbed up the latter to grab Owens, the frightened fighter attempted to rush down to no avail.
|
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Balatarin's staff blocked thousands of IP addresses a day and even brought in a Dutch cybersecurity consultant, to no avail.
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In the third, Josh Harrison was on third doing his best to distract the rookie right-hander, to no avail.
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Gionfriddo and his wife have repeatedly tried to get their son proper treatment, housing, and support, but to no avail.
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Other witnesses tried performing CPR on the two victims, aged 25 and 33, before authorities arrived, but to no avail.
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Xerox said it had repeatedly tried to convince Fujifilm to start talks on improved terms for buyout to no avail.
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"…I was definitely hacked and later tried googling 'Spotify hack news' last night to no avail," one victim told us.
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The leaders of America's biggest companies lobbied furiously for Mr Trump not to tear up the deal, to no avail.
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But Nikki Haley, the US ambassador, said the US had given diplomacy "chance after chance after chance" to no avail.
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Argentina tried to defend its currency by raising rates to no avail, leading to a massive spike in government debt.
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I've tried to confuse Alexa with illogical statements in order to prompt it to self-destruct, but to no avail.
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Executive producer dream hampton says she reached out to multiple stars when she was making the series, to no avail.
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People were tagging their friends in the comments, and once again the post was widely shared — but to no avail.
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According to Orlando police, SWAT teams and negotiators attempted to resolve the situation without further violence, but to no avail.
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Her sisters, her mother, and her good friend, Jonathan Cheban, have all tried to talk her down to no avail.
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In recent decades various groups across North America have appealed to the team to renounce the logo, to no avail.
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Republicans have been hoping that Trump would change his ways for nearly the entirety of his campaign to no avail.
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Her parents checked with friends and searched the neighborhood and the path she took home "to no avail," Lewis said.
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After arguing to no avail, Shukla finally got angry enough to walk away and posted on Facebook about her encounter.
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Van Riemsdyk set up Bozak for a clear chance to no avail during nearly three minutes into the third period.
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DeLack said he alerted the base commanders, inspector general and others, to no avail, finally moving off base in 2016.
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We spent more than two weeks trying to contact the developer, believed to be based in China, to no avail.
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The Lightning continued the third-period pressure, outshooting the Predators 13-5 in the final 20 minutes to no avail.
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Kemp, who was clearly beaten, barreled through catcher Robinson Chirinos trying to jar the ball loose, but to no avail.
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Some Twitter users even tried to find Zoe online — to no avail — and instead ended up harassing other unsuspecting Zoes.
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One woman in the report claims she went to Pittman "countless times" to complain about Ussery's behavior to no avail.
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Frustrated, she vents to Rainer about her "high school" problems and continuously texts both Cassie and Jake to no avail.
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A growing number of celebs -- along with AR's legal team -- are demanding his release ... but so far to no avail.
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Muntari claimed that he tried to defuse the racial abuse from fans in the first half, but to no avail.
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Year after year, Rose has asked for reinstatement—thereby making him eligible for the Hall of Fame— to no avail.
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Cobra has a clean slate, he says, adding that he's pressured government agencies to ban the practice to no avail.
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"I tried for three years to get it on, to no avail, and now it's all coming out," she said.
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According to CBS 17, officials in both Orange and Chatham County have been after the bird, but to no avail.
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The Texan hit out at Trump as "utterly amoral" and a "pathological liar," but it was all to no avail.
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The members of the "Steady State" (the term "Deep State" clearly stings) have done everything they can, to no avail.
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There was a flurry of 11th-hour appeals to spare them, but to no avail for four of the prisoners.
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Her final throw of the political dice involved offering to resign if that agreement was passed but to no avail.
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Ergen has sought deals with most major telecom companies in the United States, but to no avail, the report said.
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Not to mention that a Heathers TV show has already been attempted multiple times to no avail, as THR notes.
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When YouTube became popular, I even embarked on a mission to nail the ever-tricky smoky eye (to no avail).
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I do remember trying to fit in a dog star like Rin Tin Tin or Lassie, but to no avail.
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I opened up the app on Tuesday morning, outside a CES convention center, and requested a car — to no avail.
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Two other players, Dominic Smith and Kevin McGowan, witnessed the attack and tried to chase down Cruz to no avail.
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In recent decades various groups across North America have appealed to the team to renounce the logo, to no avail.
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Locals and environmental campaigners had already spent many years pressuring successive Guatemalan governments to clean it up to no avail.
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For years, I've been trying to set eyes on the owls in the trees around my house, to no avail.
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Horton also appealed to Swain to buy him, to ease his travels back and forth from campus, to no avail.
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Bennett said he's attempted for weeks to find an organized effort to combat Sanders' rise, so far, to no avail.
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I texted her to no avail — it appears I missed the short window of time where she was taking questions.
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Outfitted in matching T-shirts, they have demanded a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour — to no avail.
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Meanwhile, Ethan Allen's management has struggled to turn its own business around, cutting costs here and there to no avail.
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One of the other three people on board, a student aviator, had taken over the controls, but to no avail.
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We've been looking for it casually throughout our trip and we continue our search for some here, to no avail.
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But this laid cognitive terrain from which the Bush Administration trotted it out again in 28503, still to no avail.
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The university administration issued a denunciation of the violence and ordered "the immediate surrender" of the auditorium, to no avail.
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He constantly casts about looking for something more captivating and consequential, where his renown may be secured — to no avail.
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She tries to push back against commissioner Chris Tang Ping-Keung's condoning the arrest of all protestors, to no avail.
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After Emir and I landed our permit, we spent the rest of the morning looking for more, to no avail.
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She fought with her insurance company for at least six months and appealed the decision several times to no avail.
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She had searched the yard and the street, and checked with the neighbors on either side, all to no avail.
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The local Democratic Party pleaded with Mr. Biden to repair what it saw as a damaging error, to no avail.
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They have also undertaken legal measures calling for a meeting with Abel Prieto, the Minister of Culture, to no avail.
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It is generally when every worldly possibility has been explored, to no avail, that one seeks intercession from otherworldly spirits.
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Then, for three weeks to no avail, Shaleta pressed Saka for details on what he was doing with the money.
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After checking in with friends and family to no avail, Miami actually filed a missing persons report with local police.
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"We didn't do nearly enough," said Mr. Ross, who also explored ways to "raise the price" on Qatar, to no avail.
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His ex-wife even weighed in to inform the court of his humanitarian efforts and kind demeanor -- all to no avail.
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A woman was also spotted, seemingly banging on the car door and trying to get inside the vehicle, to no avail.
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Bailey said they've yet to identify her remains, noting Grate has been trying to remember the woman's name to no avail.
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The documentary features multiple Theranos employees explaining how they tried to tell leadership the Edison wasn't working, but to no avail.
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Lawler, himself a former UFC welterweight champion, immediately protested but to no avail, allowing Askren to maintain his unbeaten MMA record.
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She tried multiple times on her own to tell the creditors these debts were the result of fraud, to no avail.
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It wasn't only about his News Feed list: He also tried to use the Facebook search function, also to no avail.
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I had just graduated college and applied to every New York writing and TV gig I could find to no avail.
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Andersson tweeted a photo of her healed ass to let regulators know she was just fine, actually, but to no avail.
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Outraged, she posted on social media, wrote letters to Mr Putin and Dmitry Medvedev, the prime minister, but to no avail.
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On the Israel-Palestinian question, one administration after another has exerted half-hearted efforts to resolve the conflict, to no avail.
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Vaughn told local media that he switched on a porch light to try to scare the bear away, to no avail.
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ARS Technica reports that Soylent is spending tens of thousands of dollars on testing and has investigated ingredients to no avail.
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Freeland, in an interview with CBC radio, said she sought "repeatedly" to speak with her Chinese counterpart, but to no avail.
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That's when Tanisha tries her hand at some street justice ... tackling the woman to get the purse back, to no avail.
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The state's legislature, judiciary and multiple governors have all agreed that they need to trim its prison population—to no avail.
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Yet often to no avail—the male Smith's longspurs have to budget their sperm and reject two thirds of copulation invitations.
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Every time I tried to access Siri, Google Now, or Samsung's virtual assistant, I wound up shouting commands to no avail.
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The findings are part of a racial bias problem that researchers have sought to resolve for decades, but to no avail.
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The Grizzlies are without defensive stalwart Tony Allen (calf) and have thrown a variety of defenders at Leonard to no avail.
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"In the month since MusiCares I've tried to speak to both you and Stevie, to no avail," he writes in part.
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Having not seen Mr Bouteflika for over a year, they have demanded a meeting with him—so far to no avail.
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" Trump tweeted, to no avail—but as CNN's Chris Cillizza put it on Wednesday, Paul has suddenly become "Trump's best buddy.
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But because the Lyons already shook-up Angelo to no avail, they've discarded the idea that the DuBois have taken her.
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In fact, four congressmen wrote Roberts last month asking him to provide live audio for the redistricting case to no avail.
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Apart from a few relatives who would attempt, to no avail, to encourage me to try the lamb, it was lovely.
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Once the airstrike ended, Esmat tried to suture Amin's severed femoral artery on a makeshift operating table, but to no avail.
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We knew that one prospective tenant, in particular, had been looking for a new home for a while to no avail.
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Analysts have been calling on the company to give more transparency into the business for some time now to no avail.
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"This is the first apartment I moved into after college," she explained as she fired pieces of gum, to no avail.
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He told the senators that he and other ORR officials had warned of the consequences of the policy, to no avail.
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They then turned first to the United Nations, then to Congress, seeking a way to back down—but to no avail.
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And as numerous pieces have pointed out (see Grist, MIT Technology Review), solar roofs have been tried before, to no avail.
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His wife and two grown-up daughters have tried to convince him to get a more conventional job to no avail.
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Alphabet shopped the Schaft business fairly widely — since 2016 and after the SoftBank deal collapsed — but to no avail, we understand.
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Park rangers tried to reunite the herd and the calf, but it was to no avail, according to the news outlet.
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A few days before he was fired, he said he would have them out by the next afternoon, to no avail.
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Inslee, a Democrat, encouraged Trump to be a "quarterback" and use his authority, but to no avail, at least for now.
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At one point, rescuers spotted Charlie on some dry land and tried to coax him into the boat, to no avail.
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Video of the episode showed repeated efforts by those inside and outside the car to open the door, to no avail.
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In their own ways, Steve Bannon and Tucker Carlson have been pitching just such a fusion for years, to no avail.
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Senegal win a free kick, push everyone up, and proceed to hit three long balls into the box, to no avail.
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Schumer told reporters that he tried to open talks with the GOP leader two weeks ago to no avail (The Hill).
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Already, Trump told Azar and Verma to knock it off and get along — to no avail, said two senior administration officials.
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But Michael, like Feldman, is deaf and his attempts to express his situation through sign language go increasingly to no avail.
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It's a performance that has to be madding for Green Bay's front-seven, which has pressured him repeatedly to no avail.
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During the one-on-one meal in the Green Room, the president asked for a pledge of loyalty, to no avail.
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For a year, the organization had been asking the Assad regime for permission to operate in the country, to no avail.
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Dozens of reporters say they chased the story to no avail, sometimes in the face of intense pressure from Weinstein's camp.
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The hospital did all they could to save him, even performing a blood transfusion from the alpaca's father, but to no avail.
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After countless visits to different derms and multiple laser treatments with Fraxel, Yag, and VBeam to no avail, I was getting desperate.
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Tian and his family searched for the dog for two days to no avail and even put up a lost pet notice.
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For the first six months of his entrepreneurial journey, Chen knocked on the doors of 40 hospitals across China — to no avail.
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Later, the Dutch tried to convince Japan's feudal leadership to open the country to trade with the West, but to no avail.
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During her tenure with Magic Leap, Campbell complained repeatedly and to no avail to the game's developer that the game was misogynistic.
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Left-wing economist Paul Krugman has been pounding the table for an increase in fiscal stimulus for years now, to no avail.
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City officials comb through their homes and census registries, and try to contact family members through the mail, often to no avail.
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In a video, the little royal shakes his head as Trudeau tries high fives, low fives and a handshake to no avail.
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They tried coaxing Hattie down the wall, to no avail, and so one worker volunteered to go up on a man lift.
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Because of the family connection, authorities hoped to find the four missing Jäger family works in the trove, but to no avail.
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In fact, nothing I've pointed out is a new idea, because we seemingly have this conversation once a week to no avail.
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Later Saturday morning, police and hotel workers began searching for Jenkins; they also surveyed some of the security footage to no avail.
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His lawyers also contended, to no avail, that he was entitled to a new trial based on evidence of alleged judicial misconduct.
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Kemper, Helms and Fischer joined forces to get the Welcome to Marwen star to sign on to a reboot — to no avail.
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C-SPAN has sought to put its own cameras in Congress since 1984, to no avail; yesterday, the network had its revenge.
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Mr. Lacey tried to get executives at the agency to correct the fraud and misconduct, to no avail, according to the lawsuit.
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Under George H. W. Bush, U.S. officials had no fewer than 28 high-level meetings with their Iranian counterparts, to no avail.
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Ninety-four percent of the survey participants who were obese had tried to lose weight with diet or exercise, to no avail.
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They tried couples therapy to no avail; in 2009, they divorced, negotiating the terms of their split in a draft Google document.
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In California, the state Supreme Court and prosecutors tried to appeal to the Trump administration to stop the arrests — to no avail.
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The six wordless deaths feature real ambulances (earplugs were distributed) and rescue workers who struggle, to no avail, to save the victims.
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We were friends and I loved his non-sci-fi work, so I persevered with his sci-fi but to no avail.
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Creative-writing teachers who had read his work, including a violent play called "Richard McBeef," alerted the school authorities to no avail.
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MoviePass tried data collection practices to bring in revenue, as well as rolling out controversial limits like surge pricing, to no avail.
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The nursing home repeatedly sought to get its power restored in the immediate aftermath of the storm, to no avail, he said.
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The nursing home repeatedly sought to get its power restored in the immediate aftermath of the storm, to no avail, he said.
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Earlier this year, as the Indonesian general election neared, Papuans demanded a vote to be released from Indonesian rule -- to no avail.
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In an effort to keep her from leaving, Fox reportedly offered her an annual salary of $2649 million, but to no avail.
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They had reported the abuse to local police, to no avail, and finally journeyed north to seek refuge in the United States.
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But the records obtained by BuzzFeed News show how de Blasio's administration spent years trying to get the emails to no avail.
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The past two months I've been working with a client who spent all of 2019 looking for a job to no avail.
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Freeland, speaking in an interview with CBC radio, said she sought "repeatedly" to speak with her Chinese counterpart, but to no avail.
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FOR DECADES, some of the world's sharpest minds have advanced a plethora of ideas to tackle climate change, but to no avail.
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A jilted Adobe, recognizing the threat this posed to its business, took out magazine ads begging Apple to reconsider, to no avail.
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French and German leaders Macron and Merkel have tried to broker peace talks between Russia and Ukraine to no avail so far.
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Since 2016, members of the Nordstrom family have been trying to take the company private to no avail due to financing issues.
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Finally, Barack Obama stuck with the diplomatic route, first employing a conciliatory approach and later implementing sanctions, but similarly to no avail.
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To no avail—a mere four hours after the inauguration on November 27, the Gävle Goat was set on fire by arsonists.
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He phoned a community college president on Cape Cod to convince him to restart the school's basketball program, but to no avail.
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Pressed on whether he would reject campaign donations from the N.R.A., he kept repeating, "They buy into my agenda," to no avail.
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His efforts are to no avail, the lighter goes off and the video becomes filled with flames and the screams of onlookers.
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One night all of the lights in his grandmother's house died, and after tripping the circuit breakers to no avail, Bilé had enough.
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His case was basically, "We should rally around someone else," which is what establishment Republicans have been saying to no avail for weeks.
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I roll over to my flu-infested girlfriend, A., who rubs my head in an attempt to ease the pain to no avail.
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Russia and China have continuously promoted several legislative updates –most notably the PPWT at the United Nations Conference on Disarmament — to no avail.
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The officers found the toddlers unresponsive and in cardiac arrest inside the minivan and performed CPR on them to no avail, Hart said.
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To no avail: after an adjournment to allow a missing defence witness to appear via video link, the judge found Mr Rodríguez guilty.
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In the 20 years since, the CDC has repeatedly asked Congress to approve more funding to research gun violence prevention, to no avail.
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Instead, Democratic leaders cut off Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Neilsen's presentation and tried to no avail to press Trump to accept their offer.
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Roper and her organization have been prodding the Securities and Exchange Commission to improve advisor compensation disclosures for decades — largely to no avail.
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During that time, many YouTube users repeatedly flagged the video for deletion through the site's content moderation system, to no avail; uproar ensued.
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Prasad, who goes by one name, told CNN his family called everyone to get his spot in a government hospital, to no avail.
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She said she is no longer in contact with Graham, either: He reportedly sent her a Christmas card in 2001, to no avail.
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I could tell things were falling apart, and I tried to fix them to no avail, and just felt thwarted at every turn.
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Mister Softee's vice president, Jim Conway, said the company had urged its drivers to retake the heart of the city, to no avail.
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To online social media sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter – we have contacted you many times reporting this abuse, but to no avail.
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Stuffed to the gills with dubplates and exclusives, it'll leave you furiously trying to find every gem he smashes through—to no avail.
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Still, every few months, I'm paralyzed with regret, scheming for ways to fit a figure drawing class into my schedule, to no avail.
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Survivors like Mr. Sukanta, now 76, have long demanded that the government give a full accounting of that dark period, to no avail.
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The aquarium's manager, Rob Yarrall, told Radio New Zealand that employees had searched the aquarium's pipes after discovering Inky's trail, to no avail.
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Lockheed Martin, which operates the failed servers in question, spent two weeks trying to un-fuck the Air Force's servers to no avail.
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Mark Zuckerberg spent years schmoozing Chinese officials -- handing out copies of President Xi Jinping's book, running in the Beijing smog -- to no avail.
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Corker has talked with the President about his amendment and Trump tried to dissuade the senator from pushing for it, to no avail.
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He also said that he and other residents had repeatedly informed the building owner, Chor Ng, of the unsafe conditions to no avail.
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The European Central Bank has continuously slashed rates and provided stimulus, but to no avail — and its effectiveness is lessened by the day.
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Mattis pushed back heavily on the blockade to no avail, while the Saudis have persisted with it, confident that Trump has their back.
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I have tried to persuade people I know to switch to other messaging services that have end-to-end encryption — to no avail.
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He closed Rwanda's border with Uganda in February last year; Angola-led diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff have been to no avail.
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And Adams said that Glaad has been pushing IMDb to remove transgender people's birth names from its site for years to no avail.
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We've met a few times and texted occasionally (like many Washington reporters, I've tried to interview him about his marriage, to no avail).
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But Mr. Mueller's prosecutors considered his memory lapses unsatisfying and pressed Mr. Trump's lawyer again for an in-person interview, to no avail.
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In the interim, while all she could do was wait, she explored the possibility of moving production to the US, to no avail.
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The people said the NFLPA has attempted to explain to players how NFL contracts are negotiated compared with other leagues to no avail.
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A friend of the slain woman said on Weibo that calls were made to Didi's customer service hotline seven times, to no avail.
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For the first 15 minutes of the battle, U.S. military officials called their Russian counterparts and urged them to stop — to no avail.
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Finally, this month, Tillerson spent a few days in the region trying to broker a deal between Doha and Riyadh, to no avail.
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Giuliani's team had already launched an "off-the-radar public relations campaign," trying to "influence lawmakers through the media," but to no avail.
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Anyway ... according to docs, obtained by TMZ, Cindy claims she's made repeated attempts to serve the rapper with papers, but to no avail.
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Both Aho and Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour complained to the officials that Vancouver never had control of the puck, but to no avail.
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The producers of "Orange Is the New Black" petitioned the academy to allow it to compete as a comedy again, to no avail.
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Los Angeles outshot the Blues 15-6 in the third period as it tried to get back into the game to no avail.
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I logged onto the American Airlines website to no avail; the site wouldn't book a flight with less than an hour before departure.
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Holmes said he and his colleagues at the embassy tried to figure out why the hold had been placed, but to no avail.
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Senators repeatedly tried to get Muilenburg to outline what, if any, changes to the delegation system Boeing could support, largely to no avail.
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They also tried reaching Toffee with rope, duffle bags and a crate, all to no avail, WHNT News 19 reported on its website.
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She said she had urged her husband not to go forward with the first stage of the rise, to 8 percent, to no avail.
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We revisit a scene from episode 1 in which young Nellie and Shirley try a skeleton key on the door but to no avail.
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Having spent time in West Africa covering the Ebola outbreak, I saw how people hoped, wished and prayed for a vaccine -- to no avail.
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As she realized she was trapped in her room, Lleshi said she immediately tried to summon help outside of her room, to no avail.
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"Caretakers could have distracted Harambe and get him to move away from the child (which I understood was tried to no avail)," he writes.
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While this information is certainly not too little, it may be too late for influencers who craved this data for years to no avail.
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The Smashing Pumpkins have now responded to Wretzky's claims, saying they've previously tried to bring her back into the fold, but to no avail.
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They sat him in a plastic chair, urged him to drink some water, wet his face to calm him down, all to no avail.
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I wake up, pop three ibuprofen, and try to use the foam roller to roll it out and calm it down to no avail.
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Ankara believes Gulen is the architect of the failed coup in 2016, and has repeatedly sought his extradition from the U.S. to no avail.
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But a dearth of tracking data has made finding the crash site difficult, with more than 60,000 square kilometers already searched to no avail.
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Officers with the National Highways and Motorway Police urged villagers to stay away from the vehicle, but to no avail, police sources told APP.
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The British government told aid agencies that it had done "everything we can through diplomatic channels to discourage an assault" but to no avail.
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While the lanes were closed, Mr. Sokolich had complained to no avail that school buses, ambulances and commuters were stuck in traffic for hours.
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And Smith was left battling with the bank for days, complaining online and also going into a branch in person, but to no avail.
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Many of Mr. Trump's Republican primary opponents, including Jeb Bush, used Mr. Trump's mockery of the reporter in negative advertisements, seemingly to no avail.
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This week, they face an Atlanta team that has been trying to figure out its offense for over a year now to no avail.
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After asking everyone I knew to no avail, some intensive googling led me to Sabra Ricci, author of Lobster For Leos, Cookies For Capricorns.
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Cena, the cagey veteran on top of the wrestling world for almost over a decade, had expended all of his energy to no avail.
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Ever since he finished high school last year, he, along with many unemployed Zimbabwean youths, has been looking for work but to no avail.
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The U.S. and United Nations offered support for a one-year dialogue with Baghdad to address contentions between the capitals, but to no avail.
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The Turks have demanded, to no avail, that the United States extradite a Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher blamed for orchestrating the coup, Fethullah Gulen.
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To no avail—England's vastly greater size ensured that a narrow majority for Leave in the south dictated Britain's exit from the European Union.
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Evelyn Roll, another Merkel biographer, recalled writing emails to the chancellor's husband every three months for years to request an interview, to no avail.
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I tried swiping up to leave the app, then holding two physical side buttons down to shut down the phone, but to no avail.
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Ankara has demanded that the US government, its longtime ally, extradite Gülen in the aftermath of the coup, at this point to no avail.
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Umpteen forms, filled out and submitted, failed to change the verdict; the oncologist fumed at insurance representatives on the phone, but to no avail.
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The rapists will continue while most of us stand powerless outside courthouses, police stations and presidential palaces, furiously pointing at them, to no avail.
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Passengers tell us the flight attendants were super concerned and huddled around the bathroom door, trying to coax the guy out, to no avail.
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Lawmakers have spent weeks negotiations on a spending bill, to no avail, with immigration and health-care funding at the center of the talks.
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She did everything that science told her to do, knowing that early exposure was a key to preventing these problems, and to no avail.
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I tried for three years to get it on to no avail and now it's all coming out and it's like these new revelations.
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I asked for her address and I tried using my reporter skills on my iPhone to get her home number, but to no avail.
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The woman's husband, Brad, valiantly asked on the restaurant's Facebook page for a reason why his wife was let go, but to no avail.
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Island leaders pleaded with Congress for relief in last month's omnibus spending bill, specifically for power to declare bankruptcy, but to no avail. Sen.
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On two occasions, in a spirit of collegiality and damage control, Daley tried to explain to Vacanti where he had erred, to no avail.
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Investigators have spoken with German gold specialists, hoping that they had come into contact with the coin, Mr. Steltner said, but to no avail.
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The man lifted the dog above his head in an attempt to protect it, but to no avail: she climbed her way up his body.
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She returned to hospital three times for treatments including biotherapy - where medicinal maggots clean the wounds by eating the dead tissue but to no avail.
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I called out for help a few times, to no avail, before eventually just pretending to pass out, which successfully drew a pack of nurses.
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Mozilla, which maintains the Firefox browser that could also be vulnerable to the attack, previously urged the FBI to provide details, but to no avail.
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Immigrants' rights advocates have been calling on Amazon and Palantir to end their contracts with federal immigration agencies for over a year to no avail.
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We literally all go through the struggle of getting that last bit of toothpaste out of those almost-done tubes, but usually to no avail.
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These firms have moaned for months about the law's intrusive and vague provisions and asked for a delay in its implementation, but to no avail.
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But he said he reached out to groups such as the National Rifle Association, to no avail, and helped craft the legislation behind the scenes.
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Sitkoff said attempts were made to bring in himself and a family member to try to persuade Corbett to come out, but to no avail.
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And since 2001, some people, including the former Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro, have pushed to allow cars back on board, to no avail.
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Michael Sechler shared a photo of a stranded sea cow on Facebook, writing that he called every service he could think of to no avail.
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When Russia bid to host this year's tournament in 220, Mr Hiddink implored his then-bosses to create a nationwide scouting programme, to no avail.
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The secrecy can be so frustrating that sellers have traveled to Seattle or Amazon's London office to try to find a human, to no avail.
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It was Thanksgiving, and the two worst trip planners in the world (me and my boyfriend), were frantically Googling "thanksgiving weekend getaways" to no avail.
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If you've been dying to try it out for yourself and have been searching for promo codes to no avail, then this is your chance.
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They allowed plus ones to sign up last week, but all the spots were taken in 45 minutes, so I got waitlisted to no avail!
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But their moderation will be to no avail if politicians, starting with Jokowi, are not willing to stand up for Indonesia's long tradition of tolerance.
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According to a report in Globo newspaper, Marcela Temer brought in a priest to attempt to drive out any evil spirits, but to no avail.
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Last month, a Ritchie source told PEOPLE Madonna visited Rocco in London, "hoping to persuade Rocco to come back to New York" – to no avail.
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One top E.P.A. official said in an interview that he had objected to the efforts when they were first discussed last year, to no avail.
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Bloody paw marks found at the scene were an indicator that the cat attempted to take matters into her own claws, but to no avail.
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His attempts to halt the attack by stabbing the predator with sticks and hitting it on the head with a rock were to no avail.
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" Elije claims he reached out to Dwight's family members and also police in the hopes of getting the threats to stop ... "all to no avail.
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However, I found myself losing interest in the novel, slogging through the text in the hopes of finding some deeper meaning, but to no avail.
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The United States opposed this under President Obama and that opposition has continued, but to no avail: The treaty is now entering into international law.
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The U.S. has sought to ratchet up the pressure on Russia to sever its diplomatic, economic and military ties with Venezuela, but to no avail.
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She blasted producers over creative differences ... saying she's continuously asked for credit on "all the ideas, award winning routines and costumes" but to no avail.
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He calms her down, but it's to no avail—her sister has already diverted exhaust fumes into her childhood home, killing herself and their parents.
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The cops tried to pull the drivers over to no avail; a short chase ensued down a dirty roadway, but the family was eventually caught.
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Republicans try to dissuade Trump to no avail yet: A handful of senators met with Trump at the White House after the attack, including Sen.
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Ellie Kemper, Ed Helms and Jenna Fischer joined forces to get the Welcome to Marwen star to sign on to a reboot — to no avail.
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But these tweaks would hardly dent British opinion on Brexit: after all, David Cameron negotiated similar concessions before calling last year's referendum, to no avail.
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The Republican establishment has tried several strategies to counter the Trump movement and bring the party's base into the ideological fold, really to no avail.
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Those on the Rules Committee said important protections were being rushed to the chopping block and pleaded for hearings on the regulations, to no avail.
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Ruan had been asking her out to dinner for several months, to no avail; now she would be in his clinic several times a week.
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Morrell continued on her quest to find Pierce, but to no avail – her adoption files were sealed, making it extremely difficult to get any leads.
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I even tried to find someone traveling to a war-torn or AIDS-ravaged country who would carry them to doctors there, to no avail.
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Reviglio has shelled out $750 for dog training and $150 for a behaviorist, who tried prescribing pills to curb Dodo's aggressive behavior, to no avail.
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Yet so does the Bank for International Settlements, which warned of the impending financial crisis at the start of the last decade to no avail.
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Christine -- who famously feuded with Tila Tequila's crew and built a brand that included a clothing line -- had tried getting help but to no avail.
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I showed him several photos of Drake, asked him if "Passionfruit" was eligible to be a national anthem of the area, all to no avail.
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She even had the gold fillings removed from her teeth on the theory that they may be causing an allergic response, but to no avail.
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Teke said he wrote to Erdogan, the prime minister, and to government offices asking for more information about what will happen, but to no avail.
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Charter tried to have the case dismissed, to no avail, and ultimately lost its argument in an appeals court, paving the way for the settlement.
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When temperatures drop, the family brings out small electric space heaters, which they purchased, and duct tapes the edges of their windows to no avail.
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He contacted police stations in Xinjiang and his parents' old workplaces, and he tried an official in the state security agency, all to no avail.
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After years of signing petitions, writing to their congressmen and turning out for large-scale demonstrations, to no avail, draft resisters now upped the ante.
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But Commissioner Rob Manfred said he had twice offered to meet with Clark this year, about both off- and on-field concerns, to no avail.
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Here's what we do know -- Frank's rage has been so real he's been demanding Travis remove his part in the track, but to no avail.
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All of these laws were passed with broad bipartisan support, and Walz has urged the Democratic Party to highlight these bills, too — to no avail.
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Israel did everything in its power to stop his execution, asking foreign diplomats to intervene and offering the Syrians a huge ransom to no avail.
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The Special Edition of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" tacked on a scene of Richard Dreyfuss goggling inside the mother ship, to no avail.
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American officials sounded out Mr. Kohl about letting the president off the hook, to no avail, according to former Secretary of State George P. Shultz.
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Howard had been asking Beth to walk down the aisle again for years to no avail, with his wife calling the vow renewal bad luck.
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But health experts said they were more worried because the Italian health ministry appeared to have moved aggressively to prevent an outbreak, to no avail.
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Tom Cotton of Arkansas openly dismissed the House managers, who tried to no avail to convince enough Republicans to join Democrats in allowing new witnesses.
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Hundreds of law enforcement officers from the state police, United States Marshals Service and local agencies spent Monday searching for Mr. Adams — to no avail.
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The US has aimed to pressure Maduro to leave power, primarily through a campaign of targeted sanctions, for more than a year to no avail.
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I tried every major magazine to no avail and finally after five months of unrelenting concern convinced Vanity Fair to send Alex Shoumatoff to Africa.
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Mangiero countered that the lawyers had gone unpaid for a decade, and he'd spent $200,000 of his own money storing the art, to no avail.
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The film was met with mixed reviews and so-so box office, but Amazon still spent heavily on his supporting-actor campaign, to no avail.
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Cummings said he and his staff have since written and spoken to White House officials multiple times about obtaining documents and witnesses, but to no avail.
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Inside the studio many Yemenis were also present for the final, wearing traditional clothes in support of Mohammed and chanting and dancing, but to no avail.
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The person allegedly made off with all of his Bitcoin and the boy attempted to get the FBI to track the conman down, to no avail.
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"Uber hopes to offer peace of mind to all riders," the source said, adding that the company had contacted many local insurers but to no avail.
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Naturally, he found the sororities without difficulty and waited outside for female attention to no avail, making it the Drizziest Drake visit that could ever be.
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In 1989, officials tried to save the Waha'ula Visitor Center at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park by hosing the lava down with water, but to no avail.
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" University administrators say they've tried to engage several times with student leaders "to no avail," and is "committed to the principle of working toward free education.
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Wright's instinct was to help the feline, who was eventually released by the driver (she and two friends attempted to find it but to no avail).
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He said he was told the role would be recast back in October but had hoped the sides could work things out, but to no avail.
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The uncle, who is now caring for him, said he and other relatives had previously contacted smugglers, seeking to buy Imad back, but to no avail.
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The accuser said Spacey's alleged touching went on for about three minutes and that he tried to move away, to no avail, according to the reports.
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According to a bulletin by the Associated Press, another letter written by Friedrich revealed how he begged local authorities not to deport him, to no avail.
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Senator Carl Levin, for example, has for a number of years worked to pass the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, but to no avail.
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I'm not the only one who tried to beg and bribe LA-based friends to brave the hours-long lines for me, but to no avail.
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In the past she's claimed a New Yorker article backs her "actors" theory, but we, and others, have dug for such an article -- to no avail.
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I recently began going to fewer comedy shows to avoid further political burnout — I was looking for an escape from the real world to no avail.
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In Minnesota, a state that has had three partial shutdowns since 2001, I have advocated this as a solution for 15 years, but to no avail.
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In 1993, I openly advocated that the A.P.A. actively monitor the regulations, policies and treatment doctrine affecting psychiatrists in the uniformed services, but to no avail.
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After a brief discussion, Everitt signaled for Forsythe to return to third base, which drew Rays Manager Kevin Cash onto the field, but to no avail.
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He scoffed at the NRA for skipping the televised forum and said the White House had invited the group to meetings many times, to no avail.
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Kristaps Porzingis, who had a record-breaking night himself, came in and tried to help Amundson—that's 14 vertical feet of defense—but to no avail.
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The town of Shishmaref, Alaska, has been asking the federal government for assistance in relocating for years, to no avail, as it erodes into the sea.
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They've tried for years to find that piece, cycling through players like Rudy Gay, O.J. Mayo, Jeff Green, and even Lance Stephenson, all to no avail.
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Last July, she hired Donn Zaretsky, who runs the Art Law Blog; he called the real estate group multiple times on her behalf, to no avail.
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Allis penned the Facebook post in July as a desperate plea for a buyer to swoop in and buy the unit from him, to no avail.
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When he didn't come back, the wife alerted authorities, who dispatched helicopters, planes, swimmers, and boats to look for him — to no avail for multiple days.
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The story has often been told of a young Vietnamese patriot, Nguyen Tat Tanh, who came to Paris to plead for his country, to no avail.
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Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called on Pakistan's army chief no fewer than 27 occasions — such efforts proved to no avail.
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She even reported her husband's abuse to the commander of his Carabinieri station, asking for help and to take away his service revolver, to no avail.
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And to bring back Neil — we tried to reach Kenji, to no avail — and just make a final whole out of it, to make that statement.
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Mr. Obama made concessions to Republican senators in states like Oklahoma and Utah, and he tried for years to negotiate with others, often to no avail.
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Mr. Granados said the family had tried to find the son, who had previously been convicted of a robbery, by calling police stations, to no avail.
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After a review, officials ruled that the ball went through the end zone, resulting in a touchback and drawing vehement complaint from Fisher, to no avail.
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The official said Nikolas Cruz had swastikas etched into his rifle magazines and, at one point, attempted to break a hurricane-proof window, to no avail.
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But it's also because White House Counsel Don McGahn and Feinstein went back and forth for months hoping to come to an agreement, to no avail.
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He'd been tooling around Philadelphia's music scene for more than a decade, trying out any sound that might put him on the map, to no avail.
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He visited Louisiana three times during the race, twice in the last 10 days, to try to push Mr. Rispone over the line to no avail.
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The editors from the publications where the reporters work told Reuters they had tried obtaining explanations from the military and the government, but to no avail.
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After searching to no avail at my slew of local bodegas, I was forced to trudge to a legitimate Grocery Store to find my sweetest taboo.
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Mr. Moore told me stories for an hour, him leaning on his walker, me insisting (to no avail) that maybe we find somewhere to sit down.
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Yahoo, as most know, has been Silicon Valley's longest-running traffic accident, as a parade of execs have tried to revive its waning fortunes to no avail.
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She had complained she was fighting the flu, went to bed on November 14 and the next morning family members tried to wake her ... to no avail.
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I took years worth of language classes, downloaded all the latest apps and even bought a Muzzy tape or two off of eBay – all to no avail.
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And at least one employee said he was "extremely reluctant and irritated that the FBI gave me money, and tried to give it back," to no avail.
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Supporters of the amendment left the roll call open for more than five hours to try to convince skeptics to flip their votes, but to no avail.
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But governments, including the United States, are trying - so far to no avail - to get the warring sides to observe a ceasefire before any vote is held.
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In 2004, Trump bought a south Florida mansion — not Mar-a-Lago — for $41 million, which he then attempted to sell for $125 million to no avail.
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The department is working with the Benton County Sheriff's Office in Tennessee, which has been searching for Roberta along the Tennessee River, to no avail, says Dordea.
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If you find yourself playing this nightly game to no avail, you may be barking up the wrong tree when it comes to fixing your sleep troubles.
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Blue Jays bench coach DeMarlo Hale, running the game for Toronto after manager John Gibbons was ejected one inning earlier, came out to argue to no avail.
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As he desperately tries to pull his child back into the lift to no avail, a group of teenagers begins to muster up a plan to help.
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On August 11th the anxious head of the country's main industrial association had visited Ms Tsai to ask her to restart the idle reactors, to no avail.
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He says he has ferociously tried to gain contact with Barbie to no avail ... her phone has been shut off and Heather refuses to take his calls.
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He says he reached out to Jay-Z's peeps in May 2010 to inquire about his missing royalty checks, and also update his address ... to no avail.
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And Perkins claimed that she argued for stipulations in her own settlement that she thought would prevent Weinstein from engaging in such behavior again — to no avail.
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In the third quarter of 2018, Munchery, at the recommendation of its board, hired an investment bank to find a buyer for the startup, to no avail.
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Drones, Canadian Air Force planes, canine units, ATVs, helicopters, boats, and thermal-imaging cameras have been deployed to seek-out the duo, so far to no avail.
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First Responders retrieved his lifeless body and transported him to nearby St. Joseph Hospital West where CPR was performed for an additional 43 minutes to no avail.
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Oregon police have spent five days, to no avail, searching for the 11 Republican state senators who fled the capital rather than vote on climate change legislation.
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Bulls says ever since June and her BF, Geno Doak, were busted back in March ... he's made several attempts to contact his clients, but to no avail.
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Though Jensen had assured the coaching staff he was doing his best to find a solution, to cover his obligations, it had all been to no avail.
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Meanwhile, I could feel a pit in my gut as the minutes ticked by and we repeatedly called law enforcement agencies and other officials to no avail.
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He said Ms. Torabi ran out of her house barefoot and climbed into an ambulance where emergency medical technicians were trying to resuscitate Elaina, to no avail.
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It was her birthday and she had been trying to get some players to sign an oversized tennis ball, a U.S. Open tradition, but to no avail.
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Meanwhile, friends and relatives fret, wheedle and cajole — often to no avail — to get their aging loved ones to adopt important modifications to make their homes safer.
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The city government urged residents not to panic buy, trying to reassure the public that the supply chain would not be cut off -- but to no avail.
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After making several attempts to get the robot to summon police officers to no avail, the Huntington woman dialed 911 on her phone, according to the report.
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The U.N. has repeatedly highlighted the illegality of the blockade as a form of collective punishment and called for it to be lifted, but to no avail.
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More than thirteen hundred students signed a petition calling for the college to eliminate any grade lower than a C for the semester, but to no avail.
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As recently as Wednesday, May's negotiators have been trying to wrestle final concessions from the EU to appease both the DUP and Brexiteers, but to no avail.
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She also highlights the fact that "literally every company in America," utilizes sexual harassment training in the workplace, in accordance with Supreme Court rulings, to no avail.
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The government even resorted to implementing artificial intelligence, facial recognition, and blockchain technologies on some farms to monitor the pig&aposs health to no avail, Ma reported.
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In the decade leading up to Tony Hawk's historic landing of the 900 at the 1999 X Games, he had attempted the trick countless times to no avail.
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Using high-speed video, the researchers confirmed that pallid bats attack Arizona bark scorpions, and that the scorpions sting the bats in self-defence—but to no avail.
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The radio traffic also indicated that a negotiator was concerned about a woman being held hostage and repeatedly asked to talk to a male hostage, to no avail.
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I looked over and saw my daughter tugging on a hose, and somebody trying to turn it but to no avail—I later found out it was kinked.
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Trump, who has previously expressed a willingness to meet Iranian leaders to no avail, on Thursday renewed that appeal in an impromptu news conference at the White House.
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Amazon is the first streaming service to receive an Academy Award nomination — edging out Netflix, which campaigned aggressively for Beasts of No Nation last year to no avail.
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Diwali is celebrated with firecrackers and has posed a persistent pollution problem -- last year, the Indian Supreme Court banned the sale of most firecrackers, but to no avail.
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Khamenei said the "anti-Iran" conference in Warsaw had failed: "America invites weak and frightened puppets to conspire against Iran in Warsaw but to no avail," he said.
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During redirect, and over numerous objections from Baxley, lead prosecutor Matt Hart tried to ask Williamson if anyone had pressured him to change his testimony, to no avail.
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Murray was tested at 4:36 of the second period when Zach Hyman tried to ram home the puck from the edge of the crease to no avail.
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That was my mistake with the baseball bat guy: I was trying to Tase him—to no avail; the probes bounced off—after he'd introduced a deadly weapon.
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The boyfriend also informed responding officers that the couple's infant daughter was missing from the home, and police searched the entire premises and immediate vicinity to no avail.
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Kuwait has been trying to mediate and the United States has taken an increasingly robust role in trying to end the crisis, but as yet to no avail.
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Knowing that Fister was attacking the strike zone, St. Louis became more aggressive to no avail as the night progressed, making eight outs on first and second pitches.
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Axios reported on Thursday that Trump had pressured Sessions on at least four separate occasions last year to reclaim control of the Russia investigation, but to no avail.
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After trying to signal to her husband that she felt Ricardel was working against her staff, to no avail, Trump took matters into her own, very public hands.
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See, instead of making a clear exit, Wintour "slid into the basement of Madison Square Garden," where she would wander around for half an hour, to no avail.
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And because it sucks so much, the newly-single people of the world have tried time and time again to stop this destructive behavior, often to no avail.
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Risner's friends and a parent tried to put Vaseline on her arms to push the Barney head off, but their efforts were to no avail, NBC News reports.
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For some time Turkey has put an effort to prove the US affiliation between the PYD-PKK through top level negotiations but to no avail up till now.
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In the days leading up to the launch the White House urged Chinese Ppresident Xi Jinping to use his influence to stop Kim Jong-un, to no avail.
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Once he was inaugurated in 2009, Obama made an effort to work with congressional Republicans — to no avail, his former director of legislative affairs Phil Schiliro told Vox.
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Mr. Hofeller, by then a founder of a public-policy research institute at Claremont McKenna College, his alma mater, proposed an alternative set of maps, to no avail.
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Sebastian tried to sell me, to no avail, on the benefits of "keto-clarity," or the enlightened mental state that comes from a low-carb, high-fat diet.
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Issues had cropped up: a parent raising concerns about his behavior at Twistars; a female athlete or two at Michigan State complaining to no avail about inappropriate exams.
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Robert O'Hare of the New York Police Department, who testified that the "situation had become dangerous" and that he had warned Mr. Williams to stop, to no avail.
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In nearby Hamburg, a town roughly triple the size of Pacific Junction, residents have lobbied lawmakers for years to make their levees stronger and higher, to no avail.
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Mr Ren says that Google has been lobbying the Trump administration to allow it to resume supplying Huawei with proprietary Android software, but so far to no avail.
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"The home run by Springer, that was a tough blow," said Kershaw, the Dodgers' ace, who pitched four scoreless innings in relief after Darvish departed, to no avail.
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Juventus is showing precious little sign of depriving him: Massimiliano Allegri has shifted his team's system to try to spark something into life, but all to no avail.
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As Morrison was preparing for the Trump-Zelensky meeting at the United Nations in September, he tried to get access to the call record again, to no avail.
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I tweeted a clarification about the falsehood to no avail: My social media accounts and my phone were inundated with WhatsApp messages urging others to gang-rape me.
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J rack of distended tops, who was different from the person who gamely tried to track down a Deveaux silk resort shirt in my size, to no avail.
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Navarro spent several years sending out a stream of résumés, to no avail, while also caring full time for her two grade school children and an older daughter.
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Trump officials even tried to back-channel conservative ideas with allies in Congress to defund "sanctuary cities" or push for more border wall spending, but to no avail.
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Trump officials even tried to back-channel conservative ideas with allies in Congress to defund sanctuary cities or push for more border wall spending, but to no avail.
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Better still, the two featherweights were scheduled to no avail in 2013, so their pairing would mark the fruition of a long-discussed, and highly compelling featherweight matchup.
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Cilic spent the two days between that semifinal and the final with "a lot of needles" in his foot trying to drain the blisters, ultimately to no avail.
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And that's a shame, because we've had so many good actors throwing themselves at their arcs this season to no avail — shoutout to Karl Makinen's "grieving father" soliloquy!
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Regional leaders have been involved in repeated efforts to encourage Jammeh to step aside in recent months, including last-minute attempts by Mauritania and Senegal, to no avail.
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When the announcement was first made last week that McCarthy had drawn the assignment Jones' camp registered their objections with the Nevada State Athletic Commission, but to no avail.
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During debate, Democrats, who are outnumbered in the chamber 77-28, attempted to add an amendment that would create exceptions for cases of rape and incest to no avail.
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"As everybody is aware, the past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but to no avail," Trump tweeted.
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After years of trying a number of expensive products to no avail, Zhao finally turned to a skin expert, who created personalized products developed specifically to her skin type.
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Wikileaks has become increasingly reckless in its approach (and Assange obviously desperate for Trump's favor, to no avail) since the self-imposed exile in the embassy began in 2012.
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In the months gone by, Maker has been courted by various colleges including Notre Dame, Arizona State and Kansas, albeit apparently to no avail in light of Sunday's announcement.
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Over the years he had tried to reach out, including a request to the International Committee of the Red Cross to find his wife's contacts, but to no avail.
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There is a generosity to Berryhill's paintings that is rare in today's art world, which is full of people announcing their seriousness, importance, and greatness, all to no avail.
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For years civil liberties groups like the ACLU and some senators (namely Ron Wyden D-OR) have been trying to pry this information out of Clapper to no avail.
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Joyce, now 68, raced to the hospital and by the time she arrived, the medical staff had been trying to revive her son for 43 minutes to no avail.
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Both men acknowledge climate change is an issue, while Banks was among the few administration officials who urged Trump to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement (to no avail).
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At one point, the company had even offered $5 million in gift cards to Brazil and Peru, the ACTO member states who originally filed the complaint, to no avail.
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While the dog was cooling off in Saint Vrain Creek, "he was swept away and his owner searched for an hour for him, to no avail," the post said.
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The Loganos say they've been calling around to local animal shelters, dialing 311 and have been putting up flyers all around their neighborhood in Charlotte -- but to no avail.
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In the video -- obtained by TMZ -- you see the panic set in as her driver tries a couple times to get it turned on, to no avail at first.
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She used to go to the hospital to ask about her drugs every week, taking time off work, and writing complaints to the health ministry, but to no avail.
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After the county worked to hold Pokémon Go game developer Niantic accountable for the mounting costs of cleanup and nighttime security to no avail, the special ordinance was passed.
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Every one of the other so-called P5 partners to the deal -- Russia, China, the EU, and the UN -- all have made a similar case, apparently to no avail.
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Third baseman Maikel Franco and center fielder Odubel Herrera, who had been benched this week due to batting slumps, returned to the lineup but to no avail for Philadelphia.
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FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS/ SEVEN SEASONS I HAVE ASKED, BEGGED, AND EVEN DEMANDED CREATIVE CREDIT FOR ALL THE IDEAS, AWARD WINNING ROUTINES, THEMES, AND COSTUMING - TO NO AVAIL!
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And as we saw with the latest scandal involving Wells Fargo, several former employees say they tried to get the company's attention in 2005 and 2006, to no avail.
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"During that half a kilometre run, he fired some more gunshots in the air as well, to frighten the guys but to no avail," said Muhammad Razzaq Chaudhry, 58.
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Native American elders have been pleading with Walker to renounce short-term thinking and commit to acting like the "true conservatives" who value ecological conservation, generally to no avail.
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Gayle King lamented on Instagram that she and her nephew Cameron Harrison had gone on a quest to find the sandwich, to no avail — after over a dozen tries.
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That the president was so moved by these pictures had given some hope to the tens of thousands of refugees in line for U.S. resettlement, but to no avail.
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Mr. Morales has met with the United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, to lay out his complaints against Mr. Velásquez and limit the commission's mandate — all to no avail.
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Mr. Reiter, an accountant who worked for Mr. Weinstein for decades, was increasingly alarmed by his behavior toward women and had raised concerns within the company, to no avail.
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After the decision in Smith was announced, a broad coalition of religious groups and civil rights organizations urged the Supreme Court to rehear the case, all to no avail.
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Zverev, who beat Sonego&aposs countryman Marco Cecchinato in the first round, had tried a similar shot at the Margaret Court Arena on the same day to no avail.
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A Republican senator said McConnell sees a "political benefit" in moving legislation in response to the shootings but does not want to work endlessly on legislation to no avail.
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Mr. Priebus had tried to play an advisory role with Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, to no avail, aggravating some aides in the campaign's Boston headquarters.
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According to two sources, Atwood asked if she could report directly to Kalanick on at least two occasions, said sources inside and outside the company, but to no avail.
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Its government maintains smooth relations with Doha and has made several attempts to mediate between Qatar and its Gulf neighbors to help quell the conflict — thus far to no avail.
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The school district appealed the decision several times over the years to no avail, until in 2007, when the school district appealed to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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In a new promo for Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards, the "Sangria" singer – who's hosting the show this year – attempts to win a smile from the famous feline to no avail.
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The accuser said Spacey's alleged touching went on for about three minutes and that he tried to move away and moved Spacey's hands away, to no avail, the report states.
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Mary Klein, a retired journalist who lives in Washington, DC, and has terminal ovarian cancer, said she has sought medical aid-in-dying from five different doctors to no avail.
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In audio shared on the sheriff's office's Facebook page, a woman is heard telling the dispatcher that the alarm company tried to make contact with the homeowner, to no avail.
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The Prelims: Saffiedine Out-Strikes Ellenberger to Unanimous Win After being scheduled to no avail on two previous locations, Jake Ellenberger and Tarec Saffiedine finally got at it in Newark.
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The 31-year-old reality star has long been Rob Kardashian's biggest fan, opening her home to the 29-year-old and offering the former recluse help to no avail.
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More recently, G-20 economic summits have also been warning – to no avail – about the need to reduce trade imbalances because of their depressing and destabilizing effects on world economy.
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Around this time last year ,Vogue UK tried to make a case for the sheepskin boots, and Fashionsy made a push for their revival in 2013 — both to no avail.
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The founders of Seattle-based Modus cold-emailed Pete Flint, the founder of Trulia and a current managing partner at the venture capital firm NFX, for months, to no avail.
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Per the reports, Craig tries to seduce Lashana on camera to no avail -- and it seems like her character might be the main protagonist in any Bond films going forward.
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He was (appropriately) beside himself over the error, and did everything imaginable to try to recover the data — including sending the SD card to a forensics lab — to no avail.
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The Obama administration has called for repealing it, and several bipartisan measures to do so have been introduced in Congress, all to no avail given the gridlock over tax reform.
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