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The phrase "an effort to ask" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the intention or attempt to inquire about something.
Example: "In an effort to ask for clarification, I reached out to my supervisor for more details on the project."
Alternatives: "a attempt to inquire" or "an endeavor to ask".
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Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Weld County commissioner and fervent industry supporter, is leading an effort to ask voters to overturn the law in November.
COMEY: I was concerned that, given how ill I knew the attorney general was, that there might be an effort to ask him to overrule me when he was in no condition to do that.
But the delegates responded very well to him, he answered a large number of questions fully and he made an effort to ask questioners repeatedly about their views and experiences.
Department of Justice sources told the Observer that prosecutors were "working around the clock" to build a criminal complaint against Mrs Madoff in an effort to ask a judge to freeze her bank accounts, which they believe are filled with the proceeds of her husband's crimes.
So, I'm pulling back that curtain in an effort to ask WHY? Who? Where?
In mid-summer, we decided to organize an effort to ask world leaders to put solar panels on the roofs of their residences.
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But Judge Urbina's scathing and detailed review of the ways that crucial evidence and witnesses had been tainted by exposure to the defendants' early statements or to news media accounts based on them appears likely to complicate any effort to ask an appeals court to overturn his opinion or to bring a new prosecution by a different legal team using any untainted evidence.
If we make a concerted effort to ask ourselves why we are feelings a certain way, we will become more and more able to do so freely in the future.
Garcetti is behind a new effort to ask voters to repeal Article 34, mostly as a way to erase what many see as a stain on California's Constitution.
KABUL, Afghanistan — United Nations officials expect Afghanistan to make a serious effort to ask the Security Council to lift sanctions soon against more than 40 Taliban figures — more than a fourth of all those who are now on the organization's blacklist of Al Qaeda and Taliban members.
When you do spend time with friends and family, make sure to make a real effort to ask how they really are doing; don't just spend time with people to get things off your chest.
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