try
verb (used with object)
to attempt to do or accomplish.
Used to describe a continuous action that will progress up until a designated point of completion in the future.
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"I do not think that AstraZeneca will have been trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the Revenue," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2010