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He’s distracted when he decides to race a comet: “We roared and thundered along side by side, both doing our level best, because I’d never struck a comet before that could lay over me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But I’m going to do my level best to break down what it could mean to the average viewer.
From Salon ● Dec. 10, 2025
But he wasn’t dogmatic in any way, he was just trying to do his level best, you know, to do justice.
From Slate ● May 9, 2025
Campbell did his level best to ensure that cooler heads would prevail, that the band wouldn’t collapse under the weight of expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 14, 2025
Methuselah tried his level best to act tough.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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