Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase tries but fails.
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1. attempts
 2. struggles
3. endeavors
4. accost
5. accosting
6. attempt
7. challenge
8. cope
9. endeavor
10. essaying
 11. face the music
12. have a go
13. lathe
14. lobby
15. put-upon
16. take to
17. toll
18. try
19. try on
20. accoster
 21. accourt
22. angle
23. apply oneself
24. attract
25. chouse
26. come after
27. conatus
28. contend
29. contest
30. cope with
 31. deal
32. deal with
33. effort
34. endeavoring
35. ert
36. extort
37. go for
38. greet
39. let in
40. lie upon

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