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attempt

 [ah-tempt´]
a try or effort to achieve some goal.
suicide attempt a serious effort to commit suicide involving definite risk. The outcome frequently depends on circumstances alone and is not under the person's control.
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For women who have had a single previous cesarean section, the best mode of delivery in a later pregnancy is controversial, as there are risks and benefits to attempting a VBAC or having an elective repeat cesarean section.
Official added that the age group of females attempting suicides is between 20 to 40 years with most of them belonging to lower and lower-middle class families.
Attempting to set a Guinness World Record, one Dubai school had four failed attempts while trying to make the world's largest picture mosaic formed by people, due to the heavy winds in the emirate on Sunday.
The risk of a soldier attempting suicide increases as the number of previous suicide attempts in that unit increases, according to a new (https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/suicide-prevention/suicide-prevention-studies/army-study-to-assess-risk-and-resilience-in-servicemembers-army-starrs-a-partnership-between-nimh-and-the-us-army.shtml) study by the U.S.
The arrest warrant was issued for Gulen on charges of "attempting to overthrow the Turkish government or to prevent it from functioning", "depriving citizens of their liberty by using force, threat or fraud", "attempting to assassinate the president", "attempting to demolish the Turkish parliament with the aim of preventing it from functioning ", "attempting to overthrow the constitutional order" and multiple counts of murder.
The Inquirer is still attempting to reach her at press time.
My children have also joined in the admirable pursuit of attempting good things.
Sultan Al-Atwani, head of the Supreme Council of the JMPs, accused people from the former regime of attempting to assassinate Noa'man.
Children with family members who completed suicide are at a higher risk of attempting suicide than children without such family members.
This is why some times the players have to take greater risks when attempting 3 points shots.
Summary: Abu Dhabi police arrested seven men for attempting to steal $10.2 billion from the United Arab Emirates' central bank using forged documents, the official WAM news agency reported Saturday.
The attempting suicider was finally convinced to climb down the tower by security officers and was arrested for further interrogation.