Sentence examples for a failed move from inspiring English sources

As a senator in 2006, he backed a failed move to stop the weapons being used near civilians.

There have been almost daily street protests in Bujumbura over Nkurunziza's third-term bid, a decision that also sparked a failed move by some senior military officers to oust the president.

Pedro Carmona Estanga, the business leader who briefly became president during a failed move against Hugo Chávez, told a hostile congressional inquiry today that he never conspired to topple the president.

Arsenal did sign the Bolton defender Rob Holding and the young Japanese striker Takuma Asano, who has not been granted a work permit, but a failed move for Jamie Vardy contributed to a difficult summer for Wenger – as Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, John Stones and N'Golo Kanté were signing for their rivals.

The 6ft 8Ivory Coastast forward had previously been granted a work permit for a failed move to West Ham.

A failed move by Governor John Connally to have the school placed into the Texas A&M University System, as well as continued disagreement and heated debate regarding the school's new name, kept the name change from being approved.

What began a year ago with a failed conservative move to cut off U.S. government aid to Planned Parenthood on grounds that it was funneling taxpayer money to facilitate abortions was followed earlier this year by a decision by the leading U.S. breast cancer charity, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, to sever ties.

He offered precise and useful advise to my brother and me: "If you embark on a venture and it fails, move on to something else".

A failed passing move and subsequent spin led to my ignominious encounter with the crash barrier.

He carried the puck by pressing down with the tip of his stick before attempting a failed 360 move in front of Rask.

Mr. Abashidze, who gave last-minute help to Mr. Shevardnadze in a failed tactical move, is now struggling to maintain his fief, having closed its border with Georgia and declared a state of emergency.