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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a last effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a final attempt to achieve something before giving up or concluding an endeavor.
Example: "In a last effort to save the project, the team worked late into the night to meet the deadline."
Alternatives: "a final attempt" or "a last-ditch effort".
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A last effort by the battered network of Salah Abdeslam, the logistician for last year's Paris attacks who was arrested in Brussels on Friday?
In a last effort to end the strike the management offered a 3 yr.
IT LOOKS like a last effort to get the widest possible support for war against Iraq.
The body has sent blood to the vital organs in a last effort to cling to life.
In a last effort to save the situation, Sorgul said she would accept Fatma, even in their home.
"I presume the union's opposition is a last effort of the teachers' union to say that you should never evaluate teachers.
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At a meeting held on Wednesday, he and other low-wage staff were offered £7.50 per hour by the contractor in a last-effort attempt to dissuade them from protesting on Saturday.
At a meeting held on Wednesday, he and other low-wage staff were offered £7.50 [$10.60] per hour by the contractor in a last-effort attempt to dissuade them from protesting on Saturday.
There is a Dignity, a Majesty, a Sublimity in this last Effort of the Patriots that I greatly admire".
But it is certainly an improvement, by more than a little, on that last effort.
"A last ditch effort to try when everything else has failed - a hail Mary".
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