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The phrase "attempt to block" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort or action taken to prevent something from happening or to obstruct a process.
Example: "The organization made an attempt to block the new legislation that would negatively impact the community."
Alternatives: "effort to prevent" or "try to obstruct".
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There has never been any attempt to block it".
The attempt to block its release was "dangerous", he added.
The US authorities opposed the attempt to block his removal.
Any attempt to block renewal of this vital agency will not pass taxpayers' muster.
Mrs. Clivette is circulating petitions in an attempt to block Moses.
The second enshrined tougher budget rules (despite a British attempt to block it).
Critics describe his arrest as a government attempt to block the opposition's ascendancy.
In an attempt to block those plans, Lord Black moved to change the company's bylaws.
The Justice Department's antitrust division could also make its own attempt to block the sale.
Democratic state senators fled the state in an attempt to block the legislation.
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But the soldiers had made no attempt to block them from leaving, he said.
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