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Which literary character is based on a person who made fantastic claims?

claim

[klaym] / kleΙͺm /




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Does she have a moral claim because her circumstances changed, or should she honor what the two of them decided while he was alive?

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

My grandfather defined himself by his fight to claim his place, whether he was welcome or not.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Wales were unable to string together good moments and a fifth try came through Jesse Southwell from failure to claim a regulation high ball just seconds after Jade Mullen had put in a huge tackle.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

It told AFP that as more information became available, "Copilot reflected the updated context and identified the claim as fabricated."

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

Whenever anyone asks how I’m feeling, I try to throw on a lopsided grin and claim that I’m not feeling anything —even though I secretly am.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

It claims more than 13,000 lives in the United States each year.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Reporters manually checked a random 20% sample of the extracted claims and found no errors that affected the analysis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

It claims decades of neglect have left the department understaffed and under-resourced.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

And the modern compulsion to text cheeky little jokes alluding to the scheme, once again, claims new victims.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2026

It behooved them, therefore, to try to determine the legitimacy of the other claims.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Migrants who have claimed certain benefits or breached immigration rules will only be able to settle after at least 20 years.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

No one has claimed responsibility for either attack.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Several of his claimed children were not actually his, and one of them likely never existed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

Mailyan was the owner-operator of Healthy Way Medical Center, a clinic that claimed to provide beauty and cosmetic services, according to the Department of Justice press office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

He’d salvaged boats that crashed in the treacherous Keys, and claimed the cargo—silver, furniture, silk, you name it.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

"It's been a colossal exercise and a genuine one," is how one Whitehall source put it to me, claiming: "We have taken the time to get this right."

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Waiting until age 70 gives you 24% more than if you drew benefits at 67, and 77% more than claiming at 62.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

She also acknowledged that an earlier explanation to US media, claiming she had intended to raise awareness of homelessness through her costume, "didn't go far enough."

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Importantly, the researchers are not claiming that Masripithecus was a direct ancestor of humans or even necessarily the direct ancestor of living apes.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Bliss refused to let him into the sickroom, claiming that Baxter would disturb Garfield.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow


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