| 11. | Later, Masur futilely did back one of the finalists, Jansons.
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| 12. | Poor R . C . Slocum searched futilely for another big game.
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| 13. | People press away anyway, futilely, believing that insistence gets results.
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| 14. | Quarry futilely pleaded with the referee not to stop it.
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| 15. | Block-long lines sat futilely at empty gas pumps.
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| 16. | In 1957, neighborhood activists battered futilely against the doors of bureaucracy.
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| 17. | The State Department has tried futilely to force their withdrawal.
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| 18. | Pursued into the gallery, Don Jaime searches futilely for a weapon.
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| 19. | The friend tried futilely to contact Moore on her cellphone.
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| 20. | Now a columnist can futilely yearn to write a pop hit as well.
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