| "Gave it my best shot . . ." |
USA Today |
13 Jul 2025 |
| "Did my best" |
LA Times Daily |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Words with a sigh |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Jan 2025 |
| "It's out of my hands now" |
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| Valiant-effort words |
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| Words of resignation |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2024 |
| Words that might be said with a 🤷🏽♀️ |
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| "Well . . . did my best" |
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| "Gave it my best" |
Thomas Joseph |
23 Sep 2023 |
| 'Welp, did my best' |
USA Today |
16 Dec 2022 |
| "That was my best shot" |
Premier Sunday |
28 Aug 2022 |
| Self-consoling sigh |
The Washington Post |
21 May 2022 |
| Self-consoling sigh |
LA Times Daily |
21 May 2022 |
| Sigh after a good effort |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Mar 2022 |
| "That was my best shot!" |
Universal |
05 Mar 2022 |
| Remark after losing |
New York Times |
29 Aug 2021 |
| Consolatory post-failure reflection |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2021 |
| Consolatory post-failure reflection |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2021 |
| "Did my best" |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Aug 2021 |
| “That was my best effort” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2020 |
| 'Well, gave it my best shot!' |
USA Today |
08 Aug 2020 |
| 'That was my best effort' |
Jonesin |
31 Mar 2020 |
| *throws hands up* |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2019 |
| Words of resignation |
The New Yorker |
07 Oct 2019 |
| "Did my best" |
LA Times Daily |
30 May 2018 |
| 'Did my best' |
The Washington Post |
30 May 2018 |
| "It's out of my hands" |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2018 |
| 'It's out of my hands' |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2018 |
| 'Gave it my best' |
New York Times |
03 Jan 2018 |
| "Gave it my best" |
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| "It's out of my hands" |
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| "Did my best" |
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| Words of resignation |
The Washington Post |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Words of resignation |
LA Times Daily |
25 Jun 2017 |
| "Gave it my best shot!" |
USA Today |
25 Mar 2017 |
| Words of resignation |
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| 'Gave it my all' |
New York Times |
08 Apr 2015 |
| "Gave it my all" |
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| Statement after a failed attempt |
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| "Did my best" |
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| "Gave it my best shot" |
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| "Give me an E for effort" |
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| Words sighed after a defeat |
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| Sigh after losing |
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| "Gave it my best" |
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| "Gave it my best" |
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| Sigh after losing |
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| Words with a sigh |
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| Self-consoling remark |
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| "That was my best effort" |
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| Words with a sigh |
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| Post-failure comment |
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| Words of resignation |
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| "Gave it my best" |
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| 'That was my best effort' |
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| Words of resignation |
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| Sighed line from one just sidelined |
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| "Did my best" |
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| Comment after bombing |
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| "That was my best effort, coach" |
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| Defeated one's phrase |
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| Comment after a failure, perhaps |
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| Self-consoling words |
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| "Did my best" |
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| Words of resignation |
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| Defeated one's sigh |
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| Start of a remark by Joan St. Onge |
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| Losing competitor's sighing comment |
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| Judge Crater's last words |
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| Loser's lament |
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