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The phrase "attempted to take advantage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing an effort made by someone to exploit a situation or person for their own benefit.
Example: "The con artist attempted to take advantage of the elderly by offering fake investment opportunities."
Alternatives: "sought to exploit" or "tried to capitalize on".
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The defendants attempted to take advantage of Florida's pre-suit discovery statute, Fla .Stat.
They attempted to take advantage of it knowing full well there would be consequences.
Affected parties attempted to take advantage of these to design a constitutional contract that would favor them over their rivals.
Heath attempted to take advantage of that, three and a half years into the parliament, by calling a snap election.
They attempted to take advantage of a one-year loophole, and quite frankly, I think they're lucky they didn't lose draft picks".
Hundreds of migrants – mainly from east Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan – attempted to take advantage of queuing traffic by breaking into lorries bound for the UK.
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He also attempts to take advantage of the power of the unseen hand: his.
It is not just his left-wing foes on the streets who are attempting to take advantage of his troubles.
The vast majority of fMRI experiments do not attempt to take advantage of the time varying phase information.
Not everyone attempting to take advantage of the void left by Flappy Bird is quite as desirable.
And 57 percent said it should imposing tariffs on countries that attempt to take advantage of trade.
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