cynical attempt

collocation in English

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cynical
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈsɪn.ɪ.kəl/
believing that people are only interested in themselves and are ...
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attempt
noun[C]
uk
/əˈtempt/us
/əˈtempt/
the act of trying to do something, especially ...
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(Definition ofcynicalandattemptfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A number of deponents saw his charitable countenance as acynicalattemptat self-preservation.
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It also says that abolition is a "cynicalattemptto silence any negative publicity".
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That is no more than acynicalattemptto win votes.
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The advertising used by the tobacco companies is little more than acynicalattemptto ensnare children for life to their product.
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Otherwise, there is acynicalattemptto resolve the problems of climate change while simultaneously unleashing and ignoring other problems that will jeopardise their survival.
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First, it is acynicalattemptto save money at the expense of victims.
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The concern was not genuine, rather acynicalattemptto stir up discontent.
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It is a regime that has declared war on its own people in acynicalattemptto remain in power.
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Does she agree that such policies amount to acynicalattemptto trade beliefs for votes, and if implemented would spell disaster for this country?
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What acynicalattemptto use a problem that they created to cause fear among elderly people.
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That entire press conference was anothercynicalattemptto divert from the real issue.
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It was acynicalattemptto provoke a violent reaction from others.
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It is acynicalattemptto play politics with people's votes dressed up as an intellectual and even-handed exercise, which it simply is not.
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Allowances set at such a low level are a calculated andcynicalattemptto drive down the general level of young workers' wages.
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There has been acynicalattemptto piggyback on the undoubted crisis in the farming industry so as to extract some cheap mileage.
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They are often seen by the public as just acynicalattemptto grab votes.
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That exercise, conducted at ratepayers' expense, was no more than acynicalattemptto influence the outcome of a local election.
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It is yet another crude andcynicalattemptby a small number of people to disrupt the peace process by the use of violence.
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Is that not acynicalattemptto subvert the recent arms control treaties?
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Harassed by political unrest at home, and beset by mounting economic difficulties, the regime turned desperately to acynicalattemptto arouse jingoism among its people.
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