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The phrase "are trying like" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be an attempt to express a comparison or similarity in effort, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "They are trying like their lives depend on it."
Alternatives: "are attempting as if" or "are striving similarly to".
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are trying like
verb
To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
Exact(4)
"They are trying like crazy to corroborate what they can.
But he rejected as dangerous or unreliable some alternatives that other states are trying, like issuing a driving certificate, not to be used for identification, or accepting a federal tax identification number or consular identification documents in place of a Social Security number.
In other words, to borrow a plot point from "The Godfather," the critics are like Michael Corleone asserting that Tom Hagen is not "a wartime consigliere," or counsel, and Ms. Conlon and Mr. Sennott are trying, like Hagen, to refute that argument by declaring they know how to run a wartime council.
"We are trying like mad to hire more engineers," he says.
Similar(56)
They were trying like hell.
"I'm trying, like I've said plenty of times, to concentrate on this year".
Couples might be trying like hell, but his swing looks languidly effortless.
"It's not realistic for us to catch either of those two – although we'll be trying like hell".
Sometimes your spirit is good but the flesh refuses, because I've had days when I'm trying like crazy and I can't find the court.
We're trying like hell to get out there, though.
"We've been trying like hell to get this finished," Fellman said.
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