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After their loss in the federal district court, Moore and Mansell appealed over a legal point on the definition of theft, to no avail.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Going on date after date, week after week to no avail can be exhausting.
—Rebecca Fearn, SELF, 27 May 2025
Sabrina Valencia, 30, pivoted her human resources job hunt from full-time roles to internships after applying for about 70 jobs to no avail.
—April Rubin, Axios, 25 May 2025
The Suns shopped Durant and Bradley Beal to no avail in February, less than two years after sending everything not nailed down to Brooklyn and Washington, respectively, to put KD and Beal next to Devin Booker.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Going on date after date, week after week to no avail can be exhausting.
—Rebecca Fearn, SELF, 27 May 2025
Sabrina Valencia, 30, pivoted her human resources job hunt from full-time roles to internships after applying for about 70 jobs to no avail.
—April Rubin, Axios, 25 May 2025
The Suns shopped Durant and Bradley Beal to no avail in February, less than two years after sending everything not nailed down to Brooklyn and Washington, respectively, to put KD and Beal next to Devin Booker.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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“To no avail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20no%20avail. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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