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  • verb Present participle of retry.

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Examples

  • I was proactively useless as I fumbled around the bus trying and retrying the few car-starting tricks I had up my very short sleeve.

    Grif Peterson: Car Trouble Grif Peterson 2011

  • The U.S. attorney is retrying Mr. Blagojevich on wire-fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, extortion, conspiracy and other charges.

    Two Chicago Leaders Deny Any Deals With Blagojevich Stephanie Banchero 2011

  • At least give us some new idiocies to scorn rather than retrying discredited ones less than 24 hours after the last time they were shitcanned. joe from Lowell Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The American Urban Paradox 2010

  • Walton said the parties would now have to discuss whether retrying Clemens, 48, would violate the constitutional protection against double jeopardy, which protects an individual from being tried twice for the same offences.

    Judge declares mistrial in Roger Clemens case 2011

  • The jury was unable to reach a verdict on 23 other counts, and the U.S. Attorney's office in Chicago is retrying him on counts of wire fraud, attempted extortion, bribery, extortion conspiracy and bribery conspiracy.

    Federal Prosecutors Say Blagojevich Guilty of Five Shakedowns Thomas M. Burton 2011

  • WASHINGTON mdash; Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, although an earlier jury couldn

    Kevin Ring, Abramoff Associate, On Trial Again AP 2010

  • WASHINGTON mdash; Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, although an earlier jury couldn't agree he broke the law, a key witness ...

    Kevin Ring, Abramoff Associate, On Trial Again AP 2010

  • WASHINGTON — Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, although an earlier jury couldn't agree he broke the law, a key witness won't be back and a recent Supreme Court decision could make such corruption cases harder to prove.

    Kevin Ring, Abramoff Associate, On Trial Again AP 2010

  • WASHINGTON — Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, although an earlier jury couldn't agree he broke the law, a key witness won't be back and a recent Supreme Court decision could make such corruption cases harder to prove.

    Kevin Ring, Abramoff Associate, On Trial Again AP 2010

  • Prosecutors are retrying an associate of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, though an earlier jury couldn't agree he broke the law, a key witness won't be back and a recent Supreme Court decision could make such corruption cases harder to prove.

    Abramoff associate being retried Nedra Pickler 2010

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