ENDEAVORED Synonyms: 110 Similar and Opposite Words

endeavored

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past tense of endeavor

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort the trapped climber endeavored mightily to get the boulder to budge

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to make an effort to do our club is forever endeavoring to find ways to raise more money for activities

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Recent Examples of endeavored Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026 Whatever people think of the film, it was endeavored to be made with purely with the process at its heart. — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026 Italy’s defense ministry transferred ownership to the town of Affi in 2018, and in 2022 the University of Florence endeavored on a study to map the bunker’s expansive reach. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Years later, a second producer endeavored to make a movie of Sebold’s memoir. — ProPublica, 14 July 2026 When Disney+ first launched, the House of Mouse endeavored to make its streaming platform the new home of all things Star Wars. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026 Johnson for months endeavored to appoint his ally ex-Ald. — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2026 Along the way, Pollan endeavored to find answers to some of the most fundamental questions of existence, like why is there a subjective self at all? — Nick Hilden, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2026 One month later, Turning Point’s flagship conference descended into recriminations over the very controversies and conspiracies that its founder had endeavored so assiduously to suppress. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026

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Advertisement Ramaswamy has also struggled to navigate his identity as a Hindu and the son of immigrants from India in the modern GOP.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
After the raid, his daughter struggled with recurring nightmares, the lawsuit said.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026

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The woman tried to intervene as her father was being assaulted, and Gonzalez also allegedly attacked her, authorities said.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
Trump on Monday alluded to his own frustrations over the reports, which include allegations that Guilfoyle tried to solicit money from a donor to pay off her credit card ahead of her confirmation process (Guilfoyle has denied the story).

— Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of labored

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The Yuba County attempted murder case is still pending against Wilcox.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Upon taking office, the Biden administration stopped turning away unaccompanied child migrants, attempted to halt Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations for 100 days, and suspended border wall construction.

— Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026

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That pushes marketers toward ideas that have worked before, which is why, Smith says, so many ads look alike.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
To crack the uncrackable, Rittmann’s team worked alongside collaborators from Rice University, Tongji University, the National University of Singapore, and Nanjing University.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

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