They'd be fools if they did not try to secure some power for themselves.

I had to go on ahead to try to secure the horses.

I tried to secure a record deal by doing things my own way.

He left the company after 4 years in the hope of trying to secure a publishing deal.

"What have you been doing about trying to secure another position?"

The school is trying to secure computer technology so it can share its reference works with other schools.

Each side was trying to secure the territories for its own government.

She spent the next seven weeks trying to secure any kind of singing job.

In Alabama, one man died while trying to secure his boat.

During the 2006-07 season, the board set about trying to secure new investment in the club.