The phrase "attempting to level" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the action of trying to equalize or balance something, whether in a literal or metaphorical sense.
Example: "The team is attempting to level the playing field to ensure fair competition among all participants."
Alternatives: "trying to equalize" or "working to balance".
But he added, "If someone gives you a tax break, you're not going to say, 'No, I'm not going to take it.'" But now, perhaps channeling his inner Warren Buffett, Mr. Bromberg is attempting to level the taxpaying playing field between himself and every non-Manhattanite who parks in his home borough.
LoyaltyLion, a graduate of accelerator Startupbootcamp, is another startup attempting to level the playing field for smaller e-retailers.
Foden did cross for a morale-boosting try in the corner in added time but England now face the daunting task of attempting to level the series at Ellis Park in Johannesburg, a Springboks stronghold.
Orville apparently visualized that the fixed rudder resisted the effect of corrective wing-warping when attempting to level off from a turn.
You might think, "she may be rich, but she is not married" or "she may have the perfect body, but she never graduated from college". Attempting to level the playing field is one way we try to soothe the envy.
It is because the videos (or what they claim is in the videos) illustrate an attack that the anti-choice movement has been attempting to level at legal abortion providers for years.
Roly Bonevacia had two last ditch attempts to level for the visitors but to no avail.
Instead, each time you attempt to level the playing field on one dimension, you throw it off balance on another.
Putnam presents American schools as neither the enemy nor the cure, but rather as sites that reinforce class divides, despite teachers' attempts to level the playing field.
Since 2011, DCSRN, formerly known as DC School Reform Now, has attempted to level the playing field in school choice through the High Quality Schools Campaign.
And, after O'Connor desperately attempted to level with a shot on the turn, York's return to the Football League for the first time since 2004 was sealed.
