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#1

Why this fails?

set testing to {"aalskj", "baslkjdf", "cdf"}
if "abcdef" contains any item in testing then beep
#2

Assuming that you do not want the posted routine to beep,

set testing to {"aalskj", "baslkjdf", "cdf"}

set testStr to "abcdef"

set myResult to false
repeat with oneItem in testing
	set myResult to myResult or (testStr contains oneItem)
end repeat

if myResult then beep
#3 
set testing to {"aalskj", "baslkjdf", "cdf"}
if testing contains "aalskj" then beep