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Unsuccessfully going for broke, the under-pressure Shelton lamped aggressive groundstrokes in a bid to break down Sinner.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

Unsuccessfully repurposed as a theater in 1998, it sits empty while the City of Reno decides its fate.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Unsuccessfully integrated and targeted SEL can be unproductive or harmful.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2022

Q: Unsuccessfully duking it out: My husband and I have been together for seven years now.

From Slate • Dec. 29, 2015

Unsuccessfully, for his Labour colleagues inclined to think him extreme, and intimated their consent to retain "peaceably."

From The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke, Volume 2 by Gwynn, Stephen Lucius