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try as one may

phrase

Definitions

  1. However hard one tries

    However hard one tries; despite one's best efforts.

    • It was an extraordinary thing that, try as we might, we could not finish our pipes at the same time.
    • They didn't persist and quickly drove off, as Sam and Tom tried to ignore them and dismiss the entire experience. But try as they may, they weren't able to forget.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for try as one may. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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