| broader effort | 4.87 | Broader efforts to stimulate the economy also can backfire. | |||
| collaborative effort | 4.81 | This is a collaborative effort. | |||
| unsuccessful effort | 4.81 | Jordan and Ewing led the unsuccessful effort to decertify the union. | |||
| recruiting effort | 4.74 | It was the largest recruiting effort ever. | |||
| intensive effort | 4.67 | ...intensive mental effort. | |||
| last effort | 4.61 | The men assembled for one last effort. | |||
| russian effort | 4.61 | Russian effort to end NATO bombing fails. | |||
| desperate effort | 4.54 | A desperate effort. | |||
| global effort | 4.54 | This will require a global effort, too. | |||
| massive effort | 4.54 | TIMSS is a massive effort. | |||
| heroic effort | 4.34 | But what a heroic effort! | |||
| rebuilding effort | 4.34 | Is this the guy you want to lead a rebuilding effort? | |||
| ambitious effort | 4.21 | The ambitious effort yields moderate results. | |||
| individual effort | 4.15 | Individual effort is also vital. | |||
| larger effort | 4.02 | The new mall channel is part of a larger effort. | |||
| bipartisan effort | 3.95 | It was a genuine bipartisan effort. | |||
| volunteer effort | 3.95 | It is largely a volunteer effort. | |||
| big effort | 3.88 | I saw big effort. | |||
| firefighting effort | 3.88 | He said the firefighting efforts had been routine. | |||
| political effort | 3.88 | That gave a boost to political efforts at rapprochement. |