1.   It was a blatant attempt to discredit the Prime Minister.

2.   It was a blatant attempt to hide the truth.

3.   The bill is a blatant attempt to limit our right to free speech.

4.   ...a blatant attempt to spread the blame for the fiasco.

5.   The editorial was a blatant attempt to manipulate public opinion.

6.   In Tbilisi, the new provisional government condemned the move as a blatant attempt to violate the territorial integrity of a sovereign state.

7.   And that means a tax per passenger, which the low-cost carriers say is a blatant attempt to raise their costs.

8.   Atabaki said it appeared that the Democratic Party would have won without the rigging and that there had been a blatant attempt to squash the opposition.

9.   But critics of the alcoholic beverage industry seized on the new product as yet another blatant attempt to convert children and teen-agers into drinkers.

10.   But experts said the testimony of his mother added very little and was a blatant attempt to drum up sympathy.