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  • I like to make progress, not re-attempt something a million times.

    Lonely Hearts SVGL 2008

  • Might have to re-attempt those vanity cakes some day, though the 2 pounds of lard required are a bit of a put off.

    "Preserved" Pears, Rabbit, and the Best Sauce Lindy 2006

  • It was not a secret that they would re-attempt to take the city, which eventually happened in later that year.

    Think Progress » “Americans will speak of the battles like Fallujah 2006

  • At the time the United States proposed to re-attempt the work, it was thought that it could not be done without great loss of life and without great labor difficulties.

    Civics and Health William H. Allen

  • All the furniture being fixed, the books shelved, and the nails driven, he had begun to sit in his parlour during the dark winter nights and re-attempt some of his old studies -- one branch of which had included Roman-Britannic antiquities -- an unremunerative labour for a national school-master but

    Jude the Obscure 1896

  • The fashion retailer said Wednesday that it hadn't made a decision on whether to re-attempt an I.P.O. this year, The Financial Times reported.

    DealBook 2010

  • If some internal native allocation fails, like loadlibrary fails or JIT buffer allocation fails due to out-of-memory condition then GC is started to free up some memory and the allocation is re-attempted (only 1 re-attempt)

    Site Home 2010

  • His opinion is that BN would not re-attempt to seize power the same way it did after the last election, via persuading candidates to defect, as it had provoked negative sentiments among the people.

    Malaysiakini :: News 2010

  • I ask for them to re-attempt the delivery and I assured them I would be home.

    RateItAll: The Buzz Feed 2010

  • I ask for them to re-attempt the delivery and I assured them I would be home.

    RateItAll: The Buzz Feed 2010

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