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The phrase "ago trying to" is not correct in written English.
It appears to be a fragment and lacks proper context or structure to convey a complete thought.
Example: "I was thinking about the time I was trying to learn guitar ago."
Alternatives: "previously attempting to" or "earlier trying to".
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He hurt his shoulder not long ago, trying to knock ripe mangoes from a tree.
"We spent some effort a few years ago trying to build a digital store," Weinstein adds.
He was texting me not long ago, trying to get me to do some public appearances, but I blanked him.
He talked to Marbury an hour and a half a few nights ago, trying to instill reason and patience.
Ross, now a San Francisco Giants outfielder, was playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers a few years ago, trying to score a run and earn a roster spot.
If Evana and Raymond can't love each other with the same burning passion they did twelve years ago, trying to fade away from what they were stuck with must be way easier.
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I brought them on tour years ago, tried to give Howard [Lawrence] a beer.
At least one newsroom long ago tried to enforce a hard limit, requiring writers to count the words in the lead and put the tally in notes.
Trump ought to know better—he even owned a professional football team for a while and not so long ago tried to buy another.
When Mr. Barghouti was led in at 11 40 a.m., the two boys, who last saw their father seven months ago, tried to get to him, shouting, "Abba!
His wife, Nancy, who fell in love with his brilliance years ago, tries to persuade him, through tenderness, to save the world for democracy.
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