Trying to move on vs Trying to moving on

The correct phrase is "trying to move on." The -ing form of the verb should not be used after the preposition "to."

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Trying to move on

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

The phrase "trying to move on" is used to express the effort or attempt to progress past a difficult situation or emotion.

Examples:

She's trying to move on after the breakup.
I am trying to move on from the loss of my pet.
They are trying to move on from the past mistakes.
He is trying to move on and start fresh.
We are trying to move on and focus on the future.

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And even though we're trying to move on...
Look, she's really trying to move on. I think you should, too.
We're trying to move on, which is progress.
Especially if you're trying to move on.
But I'm trying to move on.
Listen, under any objective standard, you have a horrible human being for a father, but I'm trying to move on.
Maybe you're not trying to move on.
You're not trying to move on.
I am trying to move on and start a life apart from you.
I'm also sad - but I'm trying to move on.
I'm not trying to hurt you. I'm just trying to move on, and so should you.
Trying to move on from Adam and still be there for him and everyone else?
She was just trying to move on.
We're both trying to move on.
Look, she's really trying to move on.
Maybe you're not trying to move on.
She's trying to move on.
It's trying to move on your fork.
Here I am just trying to move on, and I literally have Navid all over me.
So I think it's time that I start trying to move on, so...

Trying to moving on

This phrase is incorrect. The -ing form of the verb should not be used after the preposition "to."

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You're trying to fix instead of moving on.
Somebody's trying to defend people moving into the field.
I'm trying to get things moving.
The best pressure I could think of was my own body, so I-I laid there for two hours on top of him, just not moving, trying to keep that dam from bursting with my hands, my knees, my elbows.
Sue me for trying to get to a place but also wanting to find out if Elin Nordegren is moving on with her life.
We've been trying to stop each other from moving on and growing up, but...
Pull a leg off a spider, it keeps moving on its own, essentially trying to walk without a body attached to it.
He's just trying to make me think that he's moving on.
It is true to say that development policies must be partly geared to trying to combat poverty to provide people with a workable, reasonable alternative to moving themselves and their families to other parts of the world.
[Clears throat] This is to moving on.
Nevertheless, the ECR Group and British Conservatives are committed to positive engagement and to moving on within the new institutional framework.
Is to make me feel bad. (scoffs) You're trying to prove that you're moving on without me
When you travel as much as I do, you get used to moving on.
That chimp was the key to moving on to a human subject.
I know it seems harsh, but admitting that she's dead to you is the first step to moving on.
No. That's because the closer we get to moving on, the closer you get to not being able to.
It's not moving around, trying to trick you.
Moving houses, I guess, trying to make a garden.
I am moving to South America, so I'm just... I'm trying to stay focused.
They're trying to make us think their fleet is moving south.

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