claim
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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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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
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It claims more than 13,000 lives in the United States each year.
From Science Daily β 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 β Oct. 31, 2026
It claims decades of neglect have left the department understaffed and under-resourced.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 31, 2026
And the modern compulsion to text cheeky little jokes alluding to the scheme, once again, claims new victims.
From Slate β Oct. 31, 2026
It behooved them, therefore, to try to determine the legitimacy of the other claims.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Migrants who have claimed certain benefits or breached immigration rules will only be able to settle after at least 20 years.
From BBC β Nov. 2, 2026
No one has claimed responsibility for either attack.
From Barron's β Nov. 2, 2026
Several of his claimed children were not actually his, and one of them likely never existed.
From The Wall Street Journal β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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 β 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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