claim
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They have said that Reiner simply didn’t claim the money at the time.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Seated in a brown leather armchair while holding a coffee mug, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee lays claim to his Muslim faith in straightforward, affecting terms.
From Salon β Oct. 23, 2026
He would like to see further education colleges be able to claim a rebate on VAT, which he said would help address funding disparities between them and academies and free schools.
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
This move by Zuckerberg and Meta gives the lie to the claim that complying with the tax would just be too difficult: Companies would have to be sold, assets liquidated and so on.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 22, 2026
Even now, some people claim that the real Mona Lisa isn’t Lisa at all.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
The Daily Star says the "Duchess heard 'disturbing' claims soon after wedding", when she married the Duke of Sussex.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
But those statements generally involved the company’s supposed efforts to cleanse its platform of hate speech, misinformation and incitements to violence rather than claims about privacy protections.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Other data include durable goods orders for September, the Conference Board’s October consumer confidence index and September new home sales on Tuesday, followed by weekly jobless claims data on Thursday.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
The scapegoating wasn’t just happening on the right: A former L.A. resident who is Iranian-American and a Democrat told Salon that during the 2025 fires, friends reposted claims blaming Native communities for water shortages.
From Salon β Oct. 23, 2026
Jacob Soll claims that the young man is Guidobaldo da Montefeltro himself and remarks.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Wonder’s legal representatives also claimed they gave Efferson “three additional opportunities to permit entry” for an inspection, but she failed to respond.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Khyliuk claimed that soon after their transfer to Pakino, Hubbard was hidden to conceal his condition from a team of International Red Cross visitors.
From BBC β Oct. 23, 2026
Intuitive Surgical, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based robotic surgery company, claimed this year’s top spot, lifted by a strong score in the group dynamics category.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 23, 2026
Although this led to minor swelling, William did not seek medical attention and claimed that he waited to contact police because he was afraid.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 23, 2026
Some Americans even claimed that these taxes and the way the colonists were treated amounted to a form of slavery.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
There are plenty of calculators available for figuring out your optimal claiming strategy.
From MarketWatch β Oct. 22, 2026
Ninety-six-year-old Lillian Droniak, known as Grandma Droniak to her social media followers, went viral in June after claiming her retirement home had threatened to evict her for throwing parties.
From BBC β Oct. 22, 2026
Last week, the Indonesian government said it had deployed more than 60,000 personnel to carry out a "land operation", claiming they'd achieved an 80% success rate in extinguishing new fires.
From BBC β Oct. 20, 2026
NCDs cover eight of the top 10 causes of death, with cardiovascular diseases the biggest killer by far, claiming almost 20 million deaths a year.
From Barron's β Oct. 20, 2026
“How will we know if one of the gods is claiming us?”
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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