[Ads-l] Efforting

[Shawnee Moon]

I’m an insomniac. Having lived in Los Angeles for years, I got used to watching car chases; they cut into programming and there always seemed to be one on. So over the holidays I got a little homesick and watched some car chases on YouTube.

Anyway, last night I watched a chase involving motorcycles. The overhead newscaster said (first bit in parentheses are not verbatim)

“(Two motorcycles were involved) and they were efforting to get on the turnpike...”

Efforting? Trying, attempting, endeavoring, intending...
Efforting?

Mailed from the Moon 🌜
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