Synonyms for tries
tries

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1. List of paraphrases for "tries":

   seeks, sues, attempts, strives

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1. President Barack Obama:

   This was an act of terrorism designed to kill innocent people, here's what I want you to know. The threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it. We will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us.

2. Roger Pilon:

   Today, of course, the redistributive powers of Congress are everywhere -- except in the Constitution. The result is the feeding frenzy that is modern Washington, the Hobbesian war of all against all as each tries to get his share and more of the common pot the tax system fills. ... It is unseemly and wrong. More than that, it is unconstitutional, whatever the slim and cowed majority on the New Deal Court may have said.

3. Stan Wawrinka:

   I think he's been an amazing player for many, many years, he always tries to be a better player. The way he's improved on clay is quite impressive, because now he's winning a lot of tournaments.

4. Evelyn Waugh:

   The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish.

5. Wesley D'Amico:

   Anyone who tries to stop me from moving forward will be left behind.