claim to fame
Example Sentences
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Mr. Cook’s other claim to fame was unavoidable but required some iconoclasm.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The company’s claim to fame is its founding team.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
This was after her MySpace days but prior to her claim to fame from the Anthony Weiner campaign.
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
That depends on how a young kid might feel about a clunky appliance with flexible duct hose for arms, and whose main claim to fame is screaming, “Danger, Will Robinson!”
From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025
The sole claim to fame of Livermore, California, was as the former home of a onetime heavyweight champ who had moved there in the 1920s.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
