endeavor
verb (used without object)
to exert oneself to do or effect something; make an effort; strive.
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You over-looked a roll of bills in your haste and I'm not the sort of fellow to see an earnest endeavorer get the worst of it.
From Brewster's Millions by George Barr McCutcheon