Sentence examples for attempted to capitalize on from inspiring English sources

Other artists have attempted to capitalize on the viral notoriety of these rappers by working with them.

In the early 1960s, skateboard manufacturers such as Makaha and Hobie attempted to capitalize on the rising popularity of surfing by promoting skateboarding, then known as "sidewalk surfing," as an alternative diversion when no rideable waves were available.

Many big names have attempted to capitalize on the millions of teens dominating Twitter hashtags on a daily basis and to turn the effects of music pirating in their favor without success.

In the book "Hard Courts," an account of the 1990 tennis season, John Feinstein wrote that at the Open that year, the sunglasses maker Ray-Ban attempted to capitalize on the television cutaways to the players' boxes by paying members of the entourages $500 apiece to wear the company's hot-pink baseball caps.

Those seem like simple benchmarks, but the previous two attempts at women's soccer leagues, both lasting three years, had troubled paths, even when the Women's United Soccer Association started shortly after the 1999 Women's World Cup and attempted to capitalize on momentum that hasn't been seen again until this year.

With Kavanaugh, the White House reversed course, and attempted to capitalize on the F.B.I.'s good reputation to score a political win". When reached for comment about the Kavanaugh investigation, a White House spokesperson referred The New Yorker to Wray's testimony.

BET Networks, the television network owned by Viacom, is one of the latest brands attempting to capitalize on the festival trend.

Indeed, we may generalize a class of cases where the use of the trademark does not attempt to capitalize on consumer confusion or to appropriate the cachet of one product for a different one.

Here is one of history's most uncharismatic candidates attempting to capitalize on his blandness by stressing the celebrity of his rival.

But Wiggins honored cycling etiquette by not attempting to capitalize on Evans's misfortune.

Other names attempt to capitalize on users' interest in current events.