make a play for
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Discovery, might make a play for the new, stand-alone NBCUniversal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
For all the emotional and psychological detail like this spilled in “Dynasty: The Murdochs,” it doesn’t make a play for our sympathies or leave us feeling any particular way about these people.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
Perhaps, but surely starring in a $50 million critically acclaimed studio film is valuable too and is the entire reason that those working in obscurity make a play for an Oscar.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2023
By that token, Bass could theoretically also make a play for an unlikely June victory, but her financial resources are far more limited.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
All those weeks to play the crook in, and then to make a play for it when he knew he could not put it over!
From The Pagan Madonna by W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef) Koerner
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