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Discover LudwigThe phrase "attempted to locate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort made to find or discover the whereabouts of something or someone.
Example: "The search team attempted to locate the missing hiker in the dense forest."
Alternatives: "tried to find" or "sought to identify".
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If the participant could not be contacted, community outreach teams attempted to locate the patient or a relative using housing locator forms completed at enrollment in HIV care [22].
We attempted to locate ourselves in an unfamiliar place.
At the time of the acquisition, Miles attempted to locate Satoda's family.
(3) Ten clinicians attempted to locate, and to relocate, a subcutaneous anatomical landmark through visualization/palpation and ultrasonic imaging.
Neither had access to secure areas, but the indictment said all three "attempted to locate security breaches that would allow them to, among other things, directly access airliners".
After he left Mr. Guzmán's employ the cartel "attempted to locate" the witness, the prosecutors wrote, suspecting him of having cooperated with American federal agents.
It is one of the most popular Greek myths and for centuries scholars have attempted to locate the labyrinth in Crete that appears in the story of Theseus and the Minotaur.
witnessed that I have attempted to locate, I have subpoenaed, there has been a voir dire of the witness' parents, and they have not been able to locate her for over a year.
Tracing records from memorabilia sales where bats, balls and other items are traded has been difficult for I.R.S. investigators, who have attempted to locate people nationwide who bought items from Rose, the newspaper said.
(Asylum seekers even unaccompanied children have no right to free legal representation in immigration court). Fish learned that Kevin's daughter had been seized and attempted to locate the girl, which produced conflicting results.
Ultrasound – bouncing high-frequency sound waves off structures within the body to see what they look like – was pioneered in 1942 by Karl Dussik, a neurologist at the University of Vienna, who attempted to locate brain tumours using the same method bats use to navigate in darkness.
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