Thesaurus / claim
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Before the 2016 election and, from a bigger platform, before the 2020 election, he amplified unfounded claims about the flaws in the electoral system to try to backstop his potential electoral loss.
WHAT HAPPENS TO AN ENTRENCHED TWO-PARTY SYSTEM WHEN ONE PARTY UNDERMINES THE SYSTEM?PHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
To be sure, Brooks recognizes the “otherization” at play when officers peremptorily reject claims that racial bias insinuates itself into policing decisions by reducing 7-D residents to “animals.”
A GEORGETOWN PROFESSOR TRADES HER CLASSROOM FOR A POLICE BEATRONALD S. SULLIVAN JR.FEBRUARY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Those claims came into question on Thursday, when the Associated Press reported that leaders of the organization were notified in June of at least 10 harassment claims against Weaver, including two involving Lincoln Project employees.
A HUD official told The Washington Post that Thursday’s move expands the universe of people who can file a fair-housing complaint because individuals will no longer have to make a nonconformity allegation in discrimination claims.
HUD EXPANDS FAIR HOUSING PROTECTIONS FOR TRANSGENDER PEOPLETRACY JANFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
If it stops you, maybe you should switch to DEET, sunscreen, or Johnson Wax, as the users of these products make the same claim.
20 INGENIOUS USES FOR WD-40BY BILL HEAVEY/FIELD & STREAMFEBRUARY 11, 2021POPULAR SCIENCE
That claim gained traction after the Washington Times reported that a facial recognition company had linked several of those photographed in the Capitol to antifa.
HALF OF REPUBLICANS SAY THAT THE CAPITOL VIOLENCE WAS MOSTLY ANTIFA’S FAULTPHILIP BUMPFEBRUARY 11, 2021WASHINGTON POST
In an email to Ars, a Facebook spokesperson said Kennedy’s Instagram account was removed “for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines.”
INSTAGRAM BANS TOP ANTI-VAXXER ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. OVER COVID FALSEHOODSBETH MOLEFEBRUARY 11, 2021ARS TECHNICA
The peer-reviewed study that Trek pointed to as evidence when it first launched the technology does support that, but the data is more mixed than the claim suggests.
THE TREK WAVECEL HELMET LAWSUIT, EXPLAINEDJOE LINDSEYFEBRUARY 10, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
The claims about Caldwell’s high-security clearance and FBI service add to concerns about extremism in the military and law enforcement.
Although the company has declined to comment on the allegations, the women eventually settled their claims.
NDAS HAVE LONG BEEN USED TO SILENCE THE ABUSED, ADVOCATES SAY. A NEW LAW MAY CHANGE THAT.PAULINA VILLEGASFEBRUARY 9, 2021WASHINGTON POST
WORDS RELATED TO CLAIM
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- ask for
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- fly in the face of
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- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
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- require
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- summon
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- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- try
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- claim
- confront
- cross
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- demand
- denounce
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- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- require
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- stand up to
- stick it out
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- summon
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- light into
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- mix
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- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
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- come at
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- dispute
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- lace into
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- light into
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- mix it up
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- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
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