Take "Mike the Durable," who initially survives even after his killers try numerous ways to do him in.
Fishing crews on some vessels are believed to have tried numerous ploys to deter observers from carrying out their work.
Air traffic control centers from Denver to Minneapolis tried numerous times to reach the pilots by radio, e-mail, data text and cellphone, with one center trying to reach the pilot 13 times.
In search of symptom relief all reported to have tried numerous medical treatment schedules, private and governmental rehabilitation institutions, and training schemes.
WALL-E, not understanding why EVE seems to have shut down, tries numerous methods to reactivate her, to no avail.
This, of course, would have been a great sound bite to close the broadcast, and Andrea skillfully tried numerous times to get him to say something definitive.
Dr. Murray told the police that he tried numerous methods to put Michael to sleep on the morning of June 25 , 2009but nothing seemed to work.
-- Uke Jackson I've tried numerous times to convince myself to get off Facebook.
Over the years, Yale tried numerous times to get the class to hand the gift over.
VICE News tried numerous times to obtain a comment from Feinstein, but her office failed to respond to our queries.
