Try
Try verb - To subject (a personal quality or faculty) to often excessive stress.
Work at
Work at verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
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The ritual seem to work at first- however, the souls of his family have become demons and quickly try to consume him.
Source: Came Back Wrong - To try to pass science, Will orders a science-project like toy called "Sea Pups".Two of the scientists who work at the Sea Pups headquarters were working on a cloning chemical.
Source: Film / The Other Me -
One episode in particular, "Edith Breaks Out", has Archie essentially try to force her to stay at home after she tells him of her volunteer work at a senior citizen's home.
Source: Series / All in the Family
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Work at or Try. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/try/work_at.
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