Synonyms for tries
tries

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1. List of paraphrases for "tries":

   seeks, sues, attempts, strives

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1. Will Rodgers:

   The budget is like a mythical bean bag. Congress votes mythicals beans into it, then reaches in and tries to pull real ones out.

2. Marguerite Duras:

   The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.

3. Chuck Carlson:

   The market is starting to get accustomed to the president, the way the president negotiates, the way the president tries to prove his point, there is a growing awareness of how the president tries to do business.

4. Jason Schroeder:

   Any time someone tries to stop hunting, it's so totally ridiculous.

5. Tony Hale in Veep '':

   This cartoon has given me so much joy. It started with this book about this chicken trying to be present. He tries to see the best in everyone, the best in every situation, i'm telling you, this chicken has become my role model, because even now it's a real daily challenge to focus on what this [ pandemic ] is giving us rather than what it's taking away.