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The phrase "are left trying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are in a state of attempting to achieve something after being left in a particular circumstance.
Example: "After the sudden changes in management, the employees are left trying to adapt to the new policies without proper guidance."
Alternatives: "are forced to attempt" or "find themselves attempting".
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The authorities are left trying to soothe nerves.
The children are left trying to put together the pieces.
So doctors are left trying drugs that suppress the immune system.
While the lawyers sort that out, the brokers are left trying to appease their clients.
In the meantime, residents are left trying to cope with the gravity of a manmade public health debacle.
We often don't know what it will be, so the academic community and the research base are left trying to respond and scramble.
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The boys were left trying to start a campfire.
And one is left trying to understand regional changes without a global context.
The viewer is left trying to explain the unexplainable: Why is Kim Jong Il looking at these things?
The Rangers were left trying to make sense of it all.
The Hornets were left trying to defend against the 7-foot MacCulloch with the 6-8 Robert Traylor.
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