After England freewheeled their way to 8-393 and declared for their bowlers to have what turned out to be a fruitless late spell at the openers on day one, the Aussies now head into day three only 82 runs behind with five wickets in hand.

Source: https://www.theroar.com.au/2023/06/18/bazball-brilliant-but-not-be-all-and-end-all-reckless-england-squander-golden-chance-to-put-foot-on-australias-throat/

A further attempt in 2018 also proved fruitless.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11618423/Interactive-map-reveals-sites-hunters-scoured-Nazi-gold.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Because of this, the negotiations between the government and the families became fruitless and the humanitarian crisis in Balochistan deepened.

Source: https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/in-2022-pak-army-killed-195-forcibly-disappeared-629-people-in-balochistan-says-paank-annual-report-2022/

But Klopp's attempts to finalise their business before the start of the pre-season have proved fruitless so far.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1783483/Liverpool-transfer-news-Declan-Rice-Jurgen-Klopp-Khephren-Thuram

Efforts to get comment from CPU national director, Nathan Nkomo and Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Mashonaland West provincial spokesperson, Inspector Margaret Chitove, were fruitless at the time of publishing.

Source: https://www.thezimbabwemail.com/zimbabwe/six-dead-15-trapped-underground-in-zimbabwe-mine-accident-state-tv-reports/

He had quit his previous job in eastern China's Zhejiang province to move closer to his family in Beijing, and was now wracked with anxiety about his prospects after a fruitless few weeks of searching.

Source: https://www.legit.ng/business-economy/1549884-t-sleep-night-chinas-youth-worry-tough-job-market/

He said it also would not have exempted Eskom from taking appropriate steps to prevent irregular and fruitless and wasteful expenditure, including appropriate criminal or disciplinary steps because of any losses incurred to date.

Source: https://www.heraldlive.co.za/news/2023-04-06-it-would-not-survive-constitutional-scrutiny-madonsela-welcomes-eskom-exemption-u-turn/

“In line with his well-documented inconsistencies and unreliability, Atiku has advanced several contradictory positions, in the fruitless hope of gaining political advantage from the crisis.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/currency-crises-atiku-inconsistent-opportunistic-apc-pcc/

Jacks and Salt have been tipped to be the new Jason Roy and Alex Hales and the next generation gave their finest impression of the old guard, feasting on Ireland’s fruitless pursuit of early swing with a rash of fours.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/will-jacks-england-ireland-odi-metro-bank-b2417238.html

Money was running out, studies were taking longer than planned and talks about taking over the site from the council appeared fruitless.

Source: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/6265829/tarlair-swimming-pool-revamp-opening/

So far, efforts to find him over the past five months have proved fruitless.

Source: https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/convicted-rapist-believed-run-east-8350262

The absence of a winner for the estimated $820 million jackpot brings the count of fruitless drawings to 28, at least for the big prize.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/07/28/attention-turns-to-mega-millions-after-california-store-sells-winning-powerball-ticket/

The activist’s most recent letter follows its previous fruitless to the separation of Apartment Investment and Management Company into AIV and Apartment Income REIT () back in 2020.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4605313-apartment-investment-and-management-company-potential-reit-sale-play?source=feed_all_articles

They were fruitless and led only to unnecessary conflicts.

Source: https://calvinchimes.org/2023/03/14/dispatches-from-handlon-campus-2-20/