What's the difference between endeavour and luctation?

Endeavour


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  • (1) I hope this movement will continue and spread for it has within itself the power to stand up to fascism, be victorious in the face of extremism and say no to oppressive political powers everywhere.” Appearing via videolink from Tehran, and joined by London mayor Sadiq Khan and Palme d’Or winner Mike Leigh, Farhadi said: “We are all citizens of the world and I will endeavour to protect and spread this unity.” The London screening of The Salesman on Sunday evening wasintended to be a show of unity and strength against Trump’s travel ban, which attempted to block arrivals in the US from seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Somalia, Syria and Yemen.
  • (2) They, together with Rosicky, form the group who feel they ought to be getting more playing time but the opportunity to impress passed them by as Arsenal felt the force of Southampton’s endeavour and solidity.
  • (3) Byatt said that, while she had not wished to present an allegory or a polemic, the story was impelled by a profound sense of gloom about the environment and indeed about all human endeavours.
  • (4) How can we as a community of teachers have others value our work and endeavour to ensure curriculum in classrooms is conquered?
  • (5) Cameroon’s early endeavour ensured this would be no cakewalk however.
  • (6) When you’ve got an economy shot, as it is in Tasmania, that was seen as a reasonable endeavour by the federal government to assist in enhancing the tourism effort in our state together with helping the dairy industry and creating another 200 factory jobs.” Then opposition leader Tony Abbott announced before the election that the Coalition would provide $16m towards a $66m upgrade of the Cadbury Chocolate factory in Hobart “to boost innovation, support growth in local manufacturing jobs and expand tourism”.
  • (7) HarperCollins said in a statement: "Our goal has always been to give consumers the widest choice at the fairest price while simultaneously ensuring that authors receive a fair reward for their endeavour.
  • (8) Future "gerontagogy" will have to notice and to respect resistance of that kind and will have to endeavour to increase the motivation to learn in old age in adequate ways.
  • (9) We endeavour to make these checks as accurate and fair as possible and continually improve them over time."
  • (10) This was similar, particularly given that, after all their early endeavour, an amateurish mistake undermined them before the half-hour mark as Aldo Simoncini tripped over his team-mate Luca Tosi’s foot in the six-yard box to allow Phil Jagielka to loop a free header into the gaping net.
  • (11) Malaysia Airlines and Malaysia's department of civil aviation are also working on removing all evidence from the crash site for further investigation – a complicated endeavour given that the site is on the frontline of a war zone.
  • (12) These endeavoured to achieve a comprehension of the higher cortical functions on a metric basis.
  • (13) Mining is a time-consuming and expensive endeavour due to the way the currency is designed.
  • (14) Fifth, sustaining pensions through contributions alone is a just endeavour but doing so by raising taxation, mainly on consumption, is a questionable prescription given the patient’s state.
  • (15) However, the early stages are often missed or lead to futile diagnostic endeavours.
  • (16) As part of our analysis of the DMDL locus, we endeavoured to isolate DNA markers to further define the genetic map of this region.
  • (17) Gotti Jr's sister, Victoria Gotti, has been the star of the TV series Growing Up Gotti, which endeavoured to show the trials and tribulations of life bearing the infamous Gotti name.
  • (18) In an endeavour to extend the available information on the biological significance of the interactions between glycolytic enzymes and cellular ultrastructure, the role of release of enzymes from digitonized fibroblasts has been studied.
  • (19) In an endeavour to identify patients with a degree of neuropathy potentially amenable to pharmacological intervention, a minimum conduction velocity of 30 m s-1 was set for the peroneal motor nerve.
  • (20) After retiring from wrestling, he embarked on a new endeavour: standup comedy.

Luctation


Definition:

  • (n.) Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.

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