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Meanwhile, Intel has been striving to revive its foundry business, which manufactures chips for external customers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

West has been striving to repair his image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Since then, the wealthy Alpine nation has been striving to negotiate a better tariff deal, even as it has slashed its 2026 growth forecast as the tariffs weigh on its export-driven economy.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

The government has been striving to improve the UK's economic performance, which has been slow for some time.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2025

Mr Carlyle, they would say, has been striving to understand these Puritans till he has grown, for the time, to resemble them.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various