Seek
Trying
Trying adjective - Difficult to endure.
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Both words in one sentence
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Tsubasa's overzealous attempts at trying to exorcise Hanako causes her to seek power from an evil spirit in an attempt to get some revenge against him.
Source: Manga / RIN-NE -
Big Bad: Captain Ahab causes the whole mess by obsessively trying to seek revenge on an animal who was only trying to defend itself.
Source: Literature / Moby-Dick -
Brisby out of obligation and coping with the rats situation, Jenner trying to stage a coup to upsurp power, and NIMH trying to seek out and destroy the rats.
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